Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Manning
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 2, 1975PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKaplan, J.
On the trial of the defendant on charges of rape, sodomy, unnatural and lascivious acts, and assault and battery he offered evidence through a witness of the complainant’s poor reputation for chastity. After a voir dire, the trial judge, over objection and exception, excluded this evidence on the ground that the witness did not have sufficient knowledge of the complainant’s reputation to testify about it. The jury convicted the defendant of all the crimes charged.1
Reviewing these convictions on bill of exceptions, the Appeals Court held that the trial judge committed error in excluding the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- National Labor Relations Board v. Pittsburgh Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- City of Boston v. SantosuossoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- Commonwealth v. BalthazarMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Boyle v. Columbian Fire Proofing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1902
- Commonwealth v. GardnerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1966
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BohannonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Commonwealth v. JoyceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
- Commonwealth v. BarbosaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2010
- Commonwealth v. HarrisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2005
- Commonwealth v. United Food Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
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