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Commonwealth v. Donovan

Citations

  • 58 Mass. App. Ct. 631
  • 792 N.E.2d 657
  • 2003 Mass. App. LEXIS 791

How courts have described this case

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  • defendant’s post-Miranda statements denying knowledge of alleged rape and claiming to have been at bar playing pool admitted to impeach defense claim that alleged rape was consensual sex
  • not improper for prosecutor to comment on variance between postarrest statements and trial defense, including failure to mention to police that sexual encounter was consensual where defense at trial was consent
  • vacating duplicative kidnapping conviction wholly included in aggravated rape conviction
  • vacating duplicative kidnapping conviction wholly included in aggravated rape conviction

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Judges: Kafker

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