COMMONWEALTH v. GONZALEZ


388 Mass. 865 (1983)

448 N.E.2d 759

COMMONWEALTH vs. ROMAN GONZALEZ.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

April 25, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jane Larmon White for the defendant.

Peter W. Agnes, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., LIACOS, ABRAMS, LYNCH, & O'CONNOR, JJ.


ABRAMS, J.

After trial by jury in the Superior Court, Roman Gonzalez was convicted of rape.1 The sole issue on appeal is whether the prosecution in the Superior Court for rape was barred by the guaranties against double jeopardy provided by the law of this Commonwealth and the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Gonzalez asserts that proceedings in the District Court barred his subsequent prosecution for rape in the Superior...

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