Commonwealth v. Horn

The defendant was the subject of two indictments: one for armed robbery, the other for two counts of aggravated *320rape. He was convicted of armed robbery and one count of aggravated rape (natural sexual intercourse) and acquitted of the other count of aggravated rape (unnatural sexual intercourse). He contends that the judge erred in (1) restricting his cross-examination of the complainant and (2) denying the jury’s request to review the complainant’s testimony. He also claims that the prosecutor misstated the law in his closing argument.

The complainant testified to the following facts. In…