COMMONWEALTH v. WOODS


382 Mass. 1 (1980)

413 N.E.2d 1099

COMMONWEALTH vs. MICHAEL WOODS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

November 20, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Willie J. Davis for the defendant.

Michael J. Traft, Assistant District Attorney (Sharon D. Meyers, Legal Assistant to the District Attorney, with him) for the Commonwealth.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., BRAUCHER, KAPLAN, WILKINS, & LIACOS, JJ.


KAPLAN, J.

The defendant Michael Woods was convicted after jury trial upon amended indictments1 charging him with two acts of rape on a female victim.2 The Appeals Court affirmed the convictions with rescript opinion. 9 Mass.App.Ct. 815 (1980). We allowed the defendant's application for further appellate review to resolve a question of basic fairness turning on a claim...

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