Opinion ID: 204016
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Third trial, occurring in August 2001

Text: Clarke's third trial, the one at issue here, occurred in August 2001. The Commonwealth, this time, tried Clarke only on two charges of rape and one count of kidnapping. See Clarke, 585 F.Supp.2d at 201. The third jury convicted Clarke of all three offenses, and the court sentenced Clarke to twelve years in prison. See id. According to Clarke, that sentence was later reduced to eight to ten years. (Aplt. Br. at 4 n. 1.) On direct appeal, the Massachusetts Appeals Court affirmed Clarke's convictions, Commonwealth v. Clarke, 799 N.E.2d 605 (Table), 2003 WL 22881000 (Mass.App.Ct. Dec.5, 2003) (unpublished), and the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court denied further review, Commonwealth v. Clarke, 441 Mass. 1105, 806 N.E.2d 102 (Table) (Mass. Mar. 31, 2004) (unpublished).