Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Bohannon
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 25, 1978PublishedCited by 163 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAbrams, J.
The defendant Willard E. Bohannon, Jr., was convicted after a jury trial of rape, kidnapping, commission of an unnatural act, and assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon. He appeals these convictions pursuant to G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G. We conclude that there must be a new trial.
We summarize the evidence presented at the trial. On May 22,1974, Bohannon, Robert Stonestreet, and a juvenile picked up the complainant who was hitchhiking to Brockton. The group went to a liquor store where Stone- street bought two quarts of beer. They then drove to a sandpit near Brockton. At trial, the…
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