Massachusetts Appeals Court· 7/9/2021
COMMONWEALTH v. GUSTAVO GONZALEZ SANTOS.
Citations
- 100 Mass. App. Ct. 1
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- \The sworn testimony of the victim of a sexual assault . . . is evidence of the facts asserted\
- no corroboration or supporting evidence required where victim's testimony alone established all elements of crime
- \A defendant who forces or induces a child to touch the defendant's body in an indecent manner satisfies the intentional touching element\
- victim's testimony alone, if believed by jury, sufficient to support conviction of rape of child and indecent assault and battery on child under age of fourteen
- sufficient evidence where defendant grabbed victim's hand and placed it on his penis
- conviction may be supported by \victim's testimony alone\
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Cited by
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Cites
17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-08-07· cited 1,893×
- Commonwealth v. KingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2005-09-29· cited 211×
- People v. BrownCalifornia Supreme Court· 1994-11-17· cited 143×
- Commonwealth v. LicataMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-05-15· cited 126×
- Commonwealth v. GallantMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-11-02· cited 125×
- Commonwealth v. McKayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1973-03-07· cited 66×
- Commonwealth v. GardnerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1966-05-03· cited 53×
- Commonwealth v. ClearyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1898-10-29· cited 46×
- Commonwealth v. IzzoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1971-03-11· cited 42×
- Glover v. CallahanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1937-12-27· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. EspinalMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2019-05-06· cited 20×
- Commonwealth v. LawtonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2012-10-03· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. HarrisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1881-06-29· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. ColonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-07-12· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. GonsalvesMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1986-11-18· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. DavidsonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2007-01-18· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. LawrenceMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2007-01-23· cited 4×
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