COMMONWEALTH v. LYONS

No. 07-P-42.

71 Mass. App. Ct. 671 (2008)

COMMONWEALTH v. JOSHUA LYONS.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

May 7, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig R. Bartolomei for the defendant.

Sidney E. Reavey, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: LENK, GELINAS, & FECTEAU, JJ.


FECTEAU, J.

The defendant appeals from a jury conviction in District Court of the offense of indecent assault and battery on a person who has attained the age of fourteen years. The defendant argues that admission of the testimony of a police officer whom the complainant told of the assault after she had previously reported it in a 911 call violated the "first complaint" rule as then newly established in Commonwealth v. King, 445 Mass...

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