COMMONWEALTH v. NICHOLS

No. 93-P-772.

37 Mass. App. Ct. 332 (1994)

639 N.E.2d 1088

COMMONWEALTH vs. RICHARD NICHOLS.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Worcester.

September 27, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carlo Obligato, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the defendant.

Phillip E. Shea, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: KASS, FINE, & GREENBERG, JJ.


KASS, J.

Richard Nichols was convicted by a jury on ten indictments charging sexual molestation of a child and one indictment of assault and battery. In his appeal, Nichols argues principally that the trial judge erroneously denied his request to cross-examine the victim witness about false allegations of sexual molestation she had made against an uncle subsequent to the complaints against the defendant. The complaints against the uncle were retracted two days after...

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