Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Trowbridge
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 21, 1995PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtNolan, J.
On October 25, 1990, a jury convicted the defendant, Jonathan V. Trowbridge, of indecent assault and battery on a child under the age of fourteen, but acquitted him on the charge of rape of a child under the age of sixteen. The defendant filed a timely notice of appeal. After hearing oral arguments, the Appeals Court, on its own initiative, requested that the parties brief the issue of the sufficiency of the judge’s instructions on fresh complaint. The Appeals Court reversed the defendant’s conviction, and held that the judge’s failure to instruct properly the jury regarding the limited…
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