Opinion ID: 204016
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Heading: Second trial, occurring in August 1997

Text: Clarke was retried in August, 1997, on the same charges. Id. The jury convicted him of kidnapping and two counts of the lesser included offense of rape. See id. at 201. The jury acquitted Clarke of the aggravated portion of the rape charges, as well as the charge of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and the third rape count. See id. at 201. On direct appeal, however, the Massachusetts Appeals Court reversed Clarke's three convictions and remanded his case for another trial, after concluding the Commonwealth had improperly used Clarke's post- Miranda silence against him at trial. See Commonwealth v. Clarke, 48 Mass.App.Ct. 482, 722 N.E.2d 987, 992 (2000), further review denied, 431 Mass. 1103, 733 N.E.2d 124 (Table) (2000).