Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Edward
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided September 2, 2009No. 07-P-993PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMcHugh, J.
In 1991, a Superior Court jury found the defendant, Chad Edward, guilty of rape of a child, G. L. c. 265, § 23; indecent assault and battery on a person who has attained the age of fourteen, G. L. c. 265, § 13H; and unnatural and lascivious acts with a child under the age of sixteen, G. L. c. 272, § 35Á. He was sentenced on the rape conviction to twenty years at Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Concord.1,2 The defendant appealed, claiming that the trial judge incorrectly defined rape in his charge to the jury and that the defendant’s trial attorney was ineffective because of his…
2Cases cited50 opinions
- Waller v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Globe Newspaper Co. v. Superior Court, County of NorfolkSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Commonwealth v. SaferianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Commonwealth v. GraceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
- Commonwealth v. RandolphMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Commonwealth v. CohenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2010
- Commonwealth v. RogersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2011
- Commonwealth v. LavoieMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2013
- Commonwealth v. DyerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2011
- Commonwealth v. JacksonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2015
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