Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Raposo
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 21, 1992PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtO’Connor, J.
After a jury-waived trial, a judge in the Superior Court found the defendant guilty of being an accessory before the fact to rape and to indecent assault and battery on a mentally retarded person. (After sentencing the defendant to concurrent terms of probation, the judge stayed execution of the sentences and reported the case to the Appeals Court pursuant to Mass. R. Crim. P. 34, 378 Mass. 905 (1979). We transferred the case to this court on our own initiative, and now reverse the convictions and order judgments for the defendant.
Rule 34 states, in relevant part: “If . . . with the consent…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- United States v. PeoniCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1938
- Commonwealth v. WelanskyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Commonwealth v. MorrowMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Commonwealth v. FrenchMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1970
- Commonwealth v. GallisonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Commonwealth v. GreenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
- Commonwealth v. OrtizMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
- Commonwealth v. MaynardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
- Commonwealth v. MullaneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2006
- Commonwealth v. DeaneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2010
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