COMMONWEALTH v. BONDS

No. 04-P-111.

63 Mass. App. Ct. 163 (2005)

COMMONWEALTH v. JAMES M. BONDS.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

March 11, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric S. Brandt, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the defendant.

Therese M. Wright, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: Armstrong, C.J., Brown, & Berry, JJ.


Further appellate review granted, 444 Mass. 1103 (2005).

BROWN, J.

After a jury trial in the Superior Court, the defendant was convicted of rape. On appeal, the defendant claims that the judge improperly allowed in evidence unduly prejudicial testimony that aspects of the complainant's limited mental capacity included the tendency to trust naively those whom she did not know. Accordingly, the defendant contends that that...

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