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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