Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Hill

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided May 10, 2002No. 00-P-653PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtCypher, J.

A jury convicted the defendant of home invasion, robbery, two counts of rape, assault and battery, and indecent assault and battery. On appeal, the defendant claims that (1) police testimony that established that the victim had selected the defendant’s photograph from an array was improperly admitted because the victim was never asked at trial to select the photograph she had previously identified, and (2) the testimony of the Commonwealth’s expert Witness about the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) testing was based solely on inadmissible hearsay. We affirm.

The jury could have found the following…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1993
  2. Frye v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1923
  3. Commonwealth v. LaniganMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
  4. Commonwealth v. AdamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
  5. Commonwealth v. HaasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. NardiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2008
  2. Commonwealth v. JulienMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2003
  3. Commonwealth v. DuarteMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2002

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