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COMMONWEALTH v. WOOD

380 Mass. 545 (1980)

404 N.E.2d 1223

COMMONWEALTH vs. KEVIN P. WOOD.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

May 5, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael L. Altman for the defendant.

Charles J. Hely, Assistant District Attorney (Sydney Hanlon, Assistant District Attorney, with him) for the Commonwealth.

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

ABRAMS, J.

Following his convictions1 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,

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