COMMONWEALTH v. CORTEZ


438 Mass. 123 (2002)

COMMONWEALTH v. RAMON CORTEZ.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

November 8, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. George for the defendant.

Marguerite T. Grant, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: MARSHALL, C.J., GREANEY, SPINA, COWIN, & SOSMAN, JJ.


COWIN, J.

The defendant was convicted by a jury of murder in the first degree on theories of extreme atrocity or cruelty and felony-murder (with an uncharged attempted aggravated rape as the predicate felony). He was also convicted of assault with intent to rape. On appeal, he claims errors by the trial judge in (1) admitting expert opinion testimony of a police officer concerning bloody marks and footwear impressions at the crime scene; (2) applying the rape-shield...

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