Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 6/14/1990

Commonwealth v. O'CONNOR

Citations

555 N.E.2d 865
407 Mass. 663
1990 Mass. LEXIS 280

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explaining that the lack of a permanent living arrangement between an adult claiming in loco parentis status and the child makes proof of the intent to replace a natural parent, which, in any event, is “never to be lightly inferred,” even more difficult
rejecting spontaneous utterance grounds where the record failed to show how much time had elapsed between the exciting event and the rape complainant’s statement
“[a] defendant is entitled as a matter of right to a reasonable cross-examination of a witness in order to show bias and prejudice”
“The mistaken admission of hearsay evidence, if merely cumulative of another witness’s testimony, does not constitute reversible error”
\an in loco parentis relationship does not arise merely because someone in a position of stepparent has taken a child into his or her home and cares for the child\
“an in loco parentis relationship does not arise merely because someone in a position of stepparent has taken a child into his or her home and cares for the child”

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Judges: Liacos, Wilkins, Abrams, Nolan, Lynch

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