· 12/23/1985
Commonwealth v. Key
Citations
- 486 N.E.2d 1139
- 21 Mass. App. Ct. 293
- 1985 Mass. App. LEXIS 2034
How courts have described this case
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- one incident could not serve as a factor to identify the perpetrator of another where the only similarity between incidents was the location and sexual nature of the offense
- one incident could not serve as a factor to identify the perpetrator of another where the only similarity between incidents was the location and sexual nature of the offense
- reversal of a rape conviction required where the jury were informed that the defendant had been arrested for an alleged crime in the same place within days of the incident at issue
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Judges: Grant, Kaplan, Smith
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