COMMONWEALTH v. MEGGS

No. 89-P-1460.

30 Mass. App. Ct. 111 (1991)

565 N.E.2d 1249

COMMONWEALTH vs. DENNIS W. MEGGS.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Barnstable.

February 8, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary K. Dubcoff (Barbara Equen Rodriguez with him) for the defendant.

Russel J. Wilson, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: DREBEN, KAPLAN, & GREENBERG, JJ.


DREBEN, J.

Subsequent to the defendant's conviction1 in October, 1973, on four counts of assault while armed in a dwelling, and of rape, scientific tests to identify the blood grouping of semen donors became acceptable as evidence in criminal cases. Such tests were not available at the time of the defendant's trial.2

On August 27, 1982, a judge of...

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