Legal Opinion

COMMONWEALTH v. CHARLES DUNCAN.

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided January 21, 2022Published

1Opinion of the Court

DUNCAN, COMMONWEALTH vs., 100 Mass. App. Ct. 635

COMMONWEALTH vs. CHARLES DUNCAN.

100 Mass. App. Ct. 635

October 4, 2021 - January 21, 2022

Court Below: Superior Court, Suffolk County

Present: Massing, Lemire, & Hand, JJ.

Rape. Kidnapping. Robbery. Evidence, Videotape. Practice, Criminal, Duplicative convictions, Instructions to jury.

At the trial of indictments charging the defendant with aggravated rape, G. L. c. 265, § 22 (a); kidnapping, G. L. c. 265, § 26; and unarmed robbery, G. L. c. 265, § 19 (b), the evidence was sufficient for the jury to find that the defendant had committed the crimes,…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
  2. Commonwealth v. GrandisonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001
  3. Commonwealth v. JonesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
  4. Commonwealth v. Silva-SantiagoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009
  5. Commonwealth v. GunterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998

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