COMMONWEALTH v. CALDWELL

SJC-12907.

487 Mass. 370 (2021)

COMMONWEALTH v. CLIFTON CALDWELL.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

May 6, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa M. Kavanaugh , Committee for Public Counsel Services ( Ira S. Alkalay also present), for the defendant.

Carolyn A. Burbine , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Karen A. Newirth , of New York, Radha Natarajan , Debra Loevy , & Robert M. Bloom , for Exoneration Project & others, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: BUDD, C.J., LOWY, CYPHER, & KAFKER, JJ.


The defendant, Clifton Caldwell, appeals from a Superior Court judge's denial of his motion for a new trial on an indictment for aggravated rape of which he was convicted in 2002. Among other arguments, the defendant contends that his motion should have been granted because his defense was prejudiced by the Commonwealth's failure to disclose...

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