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Commonwealth v. Doe

Citations

  • 393 N.E.2d 426
  • 8 Mass. App. Ct. 297
  • 1979 Mass. App. LEXIS 926

How courts have described this case

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  • affirming an incest conviction where the victim testified that the defendant “put his penis in my vagina”
  • “Slight confirmatory evidence is needed to establish identity of persons where there is identity of names.”
  • challenged issues were “largely common to all the indictments,” even for those convictions that were placed on file
  • indictments described the defendant as being an inhabitant of Hampden, and the daughters of the defendant testified that their home with the defendant had been in Hampden
  • indictments described the defendant as being an inhabitant of Hampden, and the daughters of the defendant testified that their home with the defendant had been in Hampden
  • challenged issues were common to all indictments, including those placed on file

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Judges: Armstrong, Greaney, Kass

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