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COMMONWEALTH v. HOPPIN

387 Mass. 25 (1982)

438 N.E.2d 820

COMMONWEALTH vs. ALLAN B. HOPPIN.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

August 2, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Leahy for the defendant.

Robert M. Raciti, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., LIACOS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, & LYNCH, JJ.

HENNESSEY, C.J.

The defendant appeals from convictions of rape, assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon, kidnapping, and receipt of stolen goods.1 His principal contention is that the prosecutor committed reversible error when he employed a length of rawhide, not in evidence and without connection to the case, as a dramatic prop during his closing argument to the jury. defendant also...

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