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COMMONWEALTH v. KING

445 Mass. 217 (2005)

COMMONWEALTH v. THOMAS S. KING.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

September 29, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert O. Berger, III, for the defendant.

Mary E. Lee, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae:

Lisa J. Steele for National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

William J. Meade for District Attorney for the Bristol District & others.

Djuna E. Perkins for Jane Doe, Inc., & others.

Jane Larmon White, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for Committee for Public Counsel Services.

Wendy J. Murphy for Victim Advocacy and Research Group.

Present: Marshall, C.J., Greaney, Ireland, Spina, Cowin, Sosman, & Cordy, JJ.

COWIN, J.

The defendant, Thomas S. King, appeals from his convictions of forcible rape of a child under sixteen years, G. L. c. 265, § 22A, and indecent assault and battery of a child under fourteen years, G. L. c. 265, § 13B. In part, the defendant argues that the trial judge improperly admitted the testimony of two "fresh complaint" witnesses. Under the fresh complaint doctrine in effect at the time of trial...

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