COMMONWEALTH v. FIGUEROA


413 Mass. 193 (1992)

595 N.E.2d 779

COMMONWEALTH vs. THEODORO FIGUEROA.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

July 21, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter M. Onek, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the defendant.

Daniel A. Less, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: NOLAN, LYNCH, O'CONNOR, & GREANEY, JJ.


O'CONNOR, J.

After a jury trial in the Superior Court, the defendant was convicted of rape and indecent assault and battery on a mentally retarded person. The defendant appeals from his convictions, asserting that (1) the trial judge abused his discretion in refusing to give a special jury instruction on the credibility of a child witness; (2) the judge erroneously admitted in evidence the testimony of a fresh complaint witness concerning details not testified to...

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