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COMMONWEALTH v. SHAW

No. 89-P-914.

29 Mass. App. Ct. 39 (1990)

556 N.E.2d 1058

COMMONWEALTH vs. WAYNE WILLIAM SHAW.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

July 23, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Zorza, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the defendant.

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

Present: ARMSTRONG, KASS, & JACOBS, JJ.

ARMSTRONG, J.

The defendant appeals from convictions of kidnapping, aggravated rape, simple rape, and assault with a dangerous weapon.1 The only issue on appeal is whether the judge abused his discretion in refusing to allow the defendant to introduce evidence that the victim, who was about seventeen at the time of the perpetration of the crimes, sometimes lived with her boyfriend.

The victim's testimony on direct examination was...

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