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Commonwealth v. McDuffie

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  • 16 Mass. App. Ct. 1016

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  • prosecutor’s closing argument wrongly invited jury to consider rape incident report as substantive evidence rather than mere corroboration
  • admission of rape incident report as fresh complaint evidence, although arguably cumulative, was error where prosecution relied on report in closing argument as establishing that rape in fact occurred

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