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Com. v. Feist

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
Jun 25, 2008
889 N.E.2d 434 (Mass. 2008)

Summary

In Com. v. Feist, 50 Pa. Super. 152, a statutory rape case, the court below refused to give the following charge to the jury: "If the jury believe that the woman alleged to have been forcibly raped, made no present complaint, but concealed the matter for a considerable time after she had an opportunity to complain, this is a circumstance which would justify an inference that her testimony is false."

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Opinion

June 25, 2008.

Reported below: 71 Mass. App. Ct. 1121 (2008). MME. JUSTICE COWIN did not participate.


Further appellate review denied:

Orders.


Summaries of

Com. v. Feist

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
Jun 25, 2008
889 N.E.2d 434 (Mass. 2008)

In Com. v. Feist, 50 Pa. Super. 152, a statutory rape case, the court below refused to give the following charge to the jury: "If the jury believe that the woman alleged to have been forcibly raped, made no present complaint, but concealed the matter for a considerable time after she had an opportunity to complain, this is a circumstance which would justify an inference that her testimony is false."

Summary of this case from Commonwealth v. Bradford
Case details for

Com. v. Feist

Case Details

Full title:COMMONWEALTH v. STEPHEN FEIST

Court:Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts

Date published: Jun 25, 2008

Citations

889 N.E.2d 434 (Mass. 2008)
451 Mass. 1108

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