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Commonwealth v. Darby

Citations

  • 37 Mass. App. Ct. 650
  • 642 N.E.2d 303
  • 1994 Mass. App. LEXIS 1083

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  • placing no weight on the fact that the court also acquitted the defendant on two counts where \there was no evidence whatsoever as to those [counts}\ (emphases added)
  • photograph of the male defendant in a sexually turgid state was unduly prejudicial where impotence or sexual dysfunction was not “directly or inferentially” relevant to the case
  • photograph of a rape defendant naked and in an aroused state was not probative of the question of whether he committed the rape of the minor
  • prejudicial error to admit photograph of male defendant in sexually turgid state where impotence or sexual dysfunction “was not, directly or inferentially, relevant to any issue in the case”

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Judges: Smith

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