Commonwealth v. Cogswell

How courts have described this case

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• noting government’s burden of presenting some evidence that prosecu tion is not time barred but finding that “burden of proof for establishing that the statute has not run is be yond a reaso nable dou bt”
• where defendant unsuccessfully moved to dismiss charges based on statute of limitations and trial judge, in connection with denying motion for required finding, addressed statute of limitations issue sua sponte, Appeals Court addressed statute of limitations claim on direct appeal
• defendant abusing stepdaughters repeatedly, inducing silence by identical threats

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