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COMMONWEALTH v. VEGA

No. 92-P-1571.

36 Mass. App. Ct. 635 (1994)

634 N.E.2d 149

COMMONWEALTH vs. RICHARD VEGA.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

June 10, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen J. Weymouth for the defendant.

Vincent R. McDonough, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: PERRETTA, KASS, & IRELAND, JJ.

KASS, J.

Richard Vega was convicted by a jury of three counts of rape. In his appeal, Vega challenges the admissibility of evidence that DNA1 in samples of his blood matched DNA in seminal fluid on the victim's underwear. He also claims error in the denial of his motion for a required finding of not guilty, instructions to the jury defining sodomy, and the imposition of a successive sentence...

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