Case Name: Commonwealth vs. O.C. Houston, Third
Court: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Decision Date: 2000-01-21
Citations: 430 Mass. 616
Docket Number: 
Parties: Commonwealth vs. O.C. Houston, Third.
Judges: 
Reporter: Massachusetts Reports
Volume: 430
Pages: 616–632

Head Matter:
Commonwealth vs. O.C. Houston, Third.
Plymouth.
September 13, 1999.
January 21, 2000.
Present: Marshall, C.J., Abrams, Lynch, Greaney, Ireland, & Cowin, JJ.
David M. Skeels, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the defendant.
John E. Bradley, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Opinion:
By the Court.
The judgment on the aggravated rape is affirmed. For the reasons articulated by the Appeals Court, Commonwealth v. Houston, 46 Mass. App. Ct. 378, 383 (1999), the judgment on the kidnapping charge is reversed, the verdict is set aside, and the indictment is dismissed.
So ordered.
Separate opinions of Chief Justice Marshall, with whom Justices Abrams and Greaney join; Justice Lynch, with whom Justice Ireland joins; and Justice Cowin appear below.