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Appeals court reviews whether victim testimony corroborated defendant's confession in indecent-assault case
Summary
In Commonwealth v. Michael Ford the panel considered whether the victim's testimony and other evidence sufficiently corroborated the defendant's admission to support an indecent-assault conviction, and whether location discrepancies or other-count testimony met the minimal corroboration standard.
The appeals panel heard argument in Commonwealth v. Michael Ford on whether the defendant's admissions were adequately corroborated to support an indecent-assault conviction. Defense counsel argued that the corroborating testimony came from events that occurred at different locations or times and therefore did not meet the requirement that corroboration relate to the specific confessed act.
Attorney Christopher DeMeo argued the defense position that admissions must be corroborated by evidence…
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