Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Hicks
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided February 13, 1987PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDreben, J.
The defendant was convicted on indictments for natural and unnatural sexual intercourse with a child. The defendant is the former husband of the child’s mother. Citing Commonwealth v. Bohannon, 376 Mass. 90, 95 (1978) (Bohannon I), S.C., 385 Mass. 733 (1982), he claims error in the refusal of the trial judge to permit him to cross-examine the victim about two allegedly false accusations made by her against others. We affirm.
The judge held separate hearings concerning the two allegedly false allegations. The first hearing concerned events which took place in March, 1985. When questioned by a…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BohannonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Commonwealth v. KingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Commonwealth v. SherryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- State v. AndersonMontana Supreme Court · 1984
- Commonwealth v. RobinsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1888
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Roundtree v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
- Commonwealth v. LaVelleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993
- James Quinn v. William S. Haynes, Warden, Huttonsville Correctional Center Darrell v. McGraw Jr., Attorney General of the State of West VirginiaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2000
- State v. QuinnWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1997
- Commonwealth v. McDonoughMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
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