Commonwealth v. Bohannon

376 Mass. 90, 378 N.E.2d 987 (1978)

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Nature of the Case

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Facts

Bohannon (D) and two others picked up a 33-year-old, mildly retarded woman who was hitchhiking. D took her to a sandy pit, where sexual acts occurred. D claimed that she consented, while the woman claimed that she was raped. The woman's complaints were inconsistent, and D sought to introduce evidence of similar inconsistent statements in her past where she claimed that she had been raped. The trial judge disallowed this testimony, D was convicted, and he appealed.