Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Wood
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 5, 1980PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAbrams, J.
Following his convictions 1 on indictments charging rape and kidnapping, Kevin P. Wood appealed, pursuant to G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, assigning as error (1) the charge to the jury defining reasonable doubt, and (2) the admission of testimony indicating that he had previously been imprisoned for rape. The Appeals Court reversed, Commonwealth v. Wood, 7 Mass. App. Ct. 455 (1979), and we granted the Commonwealth’s petition for further appellate review. We agree with the Appeals Court that the judgment must be reversed, and that a new trial is required.
The Appeals Court concisely summarized the…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. GarciaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- United States v. Irie E. Leonard, United States of America v. James L. SarvisCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1974
- Commonwealth v. DickersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
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3Cited by54 opinions
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