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COMMONWEALTH v. BONDS

445 Mass. 821 (2006)

COMMONWEALTH v. JAMES M. BONDS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

January 19, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Therese M. Wright, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Eric S. Brandt, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the defendant.

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

CORDY, J.

On November 25, 2002, a jury convicted the defendant, James M. Bonds, of raping a nineteen year old woman (whom we shall call Ellen) suffering from a brain disorder and resulting mental disability. The Appeals Court set aside the jury's verdict, Commonwealth v. Bonds, 63 Mass.App.Ct. 163 (2005), holding that the trial judge had improperly admitted character...

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