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Commonwealth v. Montanez

Citations

  • 439 Mass. 441
  • 788 N.E.2d 954
  • 2003 Mass. LEXIS 433

How courts have described this case

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  • testimony regarding victim’s appearance at time of complaint admissible as state-of-mind evidence not fresh complaint
  • evidence of the victim’s statement to her friend was properly admitted to establish the victim’s state of mind (fear of defendant
  • impermissible self-corroboration to testify about the action a guidance counselor took as a result of a conversation with the victim
  • evidence of victim’s statement to friend admissible to establish her fear of defendant

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Cowin, Sosman

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