COMMONWEALTH v. CARDOZA

No. 90-P-123.

29 Mass. App. Ct. 645 (1990)

563 N.E.2d 1384

COMMONWEALTH vs. EDUARDO A. CARDOZA.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

December 20, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Murray Kohn for the defendant.

James F. Lang, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: WARNER, C.J., KASS, & IRELAND, JJ.


IRELAND, J.

This case comes to us after two trials, and involves a dispute over the exclusion of comparison evidence of a foreign pubic hair. In the first trial, in which the trial judge admitted the evidence, the jury was unable to reach a verdict. In the second trial, in which the trial judge excluded the evidence, the defendant was found guilty of indecent assault and battery and assault and battery. He appeals, arguing — we think persuasively — that...

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