COMMONWEALTH v. TAVARES

No. 88-P-1306.

27 Mass. App. Ct. 637 (1989)

541 N.E.2d 578

COMMONWEALTH vs. EDWARD TAVARES, JR.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

August 1, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carole A.Z. Root for the defendant.

Cynthia A. Vincent, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: BROWN, DREBEN, & FINE, JJ.


DREBEN, J.

About 4:00 A.M. on May 26, 1983, a truck driver on his way to work in Acushnet saw a young woman staggering in the middle of New Plainville Road. Her clothes were wet and torn; her shirt was undone; her face was bloody; "she was really beat up"; she had difficulty speaking. The driver placed her in his truck (she was unable to climb in on her own) and brought her to a New Bedford police station. The victim...

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