Commonwealth v. Hannaford

The appeal is from jury convictions on a mixed bag of indictments laid under G. L. c. 265, § 22 (as appearing in St. 1974, c. 474, § 1), and G. L. c. 272, § 35. 1. No ground for reversal arises out of the admission in evidence, on the theory of fresh complaint, of the written statement concerning the defendant’s sexual activities with the victim which she gave the police approximately six days after the date of the last of the offences under G. L. c. 265, § 22. There was evidence from which the judge could have found that during the six-day period the victim had voiced complaints of those…