COMMONWEALTH v. JOHNSON


417 Mass. 498 (1994)

631 N.E.2d 1002

COMMONWEALTH vs. JAMES E. JOHNSON.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

April 12, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Frank M. Gaziano, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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


LIACOS, C.J.

The defendant was convicted after a trial in the Superior Court of two indictments charging him with rape by force of a child under the age of sixteen years, in violation of G.L.c. 265, § 22A (1992 ed.). On appeal, the defendant asserts several grounds of error. We conclude that the defendant's right, guaranteed by art. 12 of the Declaration of Rights of the Massachusetts Constitution, to confront the witnesses appearing against him at trial, was...

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