Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Padraic P.

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided February 13, 2018No. 16–P–1318Published

1Opinion of the Court

Following a jury trial in the Juvenile Court, the juvenile was convicted of two counts of rape and one count of indecent assault and battery on a person with an intellectual disability, all as a youthful offender, and was adjudicated delinquent on one count of assault and battery on a person with an intellectual disability.2 The juvenile appeals, claiming the judge erred by: (1) finding the victim competent; (2) excluding portions of the victim's treatment records; (3) precluding testimony as to the victim's general reputation for truthfulness; (4) excluding evidence of the victim's prior…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. L.L., a juvenile v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
  2. Commonwealth v. ConnorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
  3. Commonwealth v. JoyceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
  4. Commonwealth v. MayfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
  5. Commonwealth v. DwyerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2006

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