Massachusetts Appeals Court· 10/22/1991
Commonwealth v. Hyatt
Citations
- 579 N.E.2d 1365
- 31 Mass. App. Ct. 488
- 1991 Mass. App. LEXIS 733
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- recognizing “fresh complaint” name discordant with disclosure after two years, although complaint testimony properly admitted
- two-year delay reasonable where first disclosure was to boyfriend when he tried to kiss victim and she had been fearful of disrupting home where she and defendant continued to live
- two-year delay reasonable where first disclosure was to boyfriend when he tried to kiss victim and she had been fearful of disrupting home where she and defendant continued to live
- complaint made two years after incident admissible, although length of time “provokes unease”
- complaint given some two years after rape properly admitted
- victim’s disclosure triggered by boyfriend’s attempt to kiss her
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Kass, Gillerman, Laurence
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23 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. KingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2005-09-29· cited 211×
- Commonwealth v. BishopMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1993-08-16· cited 129×
- State v. W.B.Supreme Court of New Jersey· 2011-04-27· cited 95×
- James Quinn v. William S. Haynes, Warden, Huttonsville Correctional Center Darrell v. McGraw Jr., Attorney General of the State of West VirginiaFourth Circuit· 2000-12-06· cited 85×
- Commonwealth v. MontanezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2003-05-22· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. SwainMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1994-05-02· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. FleuryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1994-05-16· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. PareMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1997-10-02· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. McKinnonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1993-09-30· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. TitusMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1992-03-10· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1993-08-24· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. KruahMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1999-07-21· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. HowellMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2003-04-03· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. MolleMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2002-12-04· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. TraynorMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1996-06-06· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. DavidsMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1992-10-16· cited 4×
- Commonwealth v. ClementsMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1994-03-08· cited 4×
- Commonwealth v. NurseMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2000-08-24· cited 4×
- Commonwealth v. SmithMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2003-09-05· cited 3×
- Commonwealth v. TaylorMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1992-12-03· cited 2×
Cites
11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-08-07· cited 1,893×
- Commonwealth v. HensonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-04-18· cited 162×
- Commonwealth v. AmiraultMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-03-06· cited 123×
- Commonwealth v. MontaninoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-03-11· cited 88×
- Commonwealth v. StockhammerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-05-01· cited 81×
- Commonwealth v. LavalleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-07-15· cited 73×
- Commonwealth v. DionMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1991-03-29· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. GardnerMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1991-05-02· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. JonesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-03-14· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. BlairMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1986-02-21· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. O'BRIENMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1989-04-07· cited 7×
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