COMMONWEALTH v. PETRILLO

No. 98-P-1368.

50 Mass. App. Ct. 104 (2000)

COMMONWEALTH v. AUGUSTINE PETRILLO.

Court of Appeals of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

September 20, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas J. Beaton for the defendant.

Alex Philipson, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: GREENBERG, KAPLAN, & SMITH, JJ.


GREENBERG, J.

Over the defendant's objection at his jury trial on six counts of aggravated rape, kidnapping, and other related crimes,1 the trial judge permitted sixteen minutes of commercial, hard-core, pornographic videotapes to be shown to the jury. After a five-day trial, the defendant was convicted of single counts of aggravated rape, kidnapping, and having threatened to commit a...

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