Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Figueroa
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 21, 1992PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtO’Connor, J.
After a jury trial in the Superior Court, the defendant was convicted of rape and indecent assault and battery on a mentally retarded person. The defendant appeals from his convictions, asserting that (1) the trial judge abused his discretion in refusing to give a special jury instruction on the credibility of a child witness; (2) the judge erroneously admitted in evidence the testimony of a fresh complaint witness concerning details not testified to by the-alleged victim; (3) the judge incorrectly refused to give a requested missing witness jury instruction; and (4) the judge refused to give…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Griffith v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Commonwealth v. CaineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Commonwealth v. MamayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
- Commonwealth v. StockhammerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1991
- Commonwealth v. BrayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
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3Cited by67 opinions
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