Opinion ID: 204016
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 9

Heading: Whether the jury's verdict in the second trial precluded Clarke's third trial on the two rape offenses

Text: At his second trial, the jury acquitted Clarke of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, one count of rape, and the aggravated element of all three rape charges, but convicted him of kidnapping and two counts of rape. See Clarke, 2003 WL 22881000, at . The Massachusetts Appeals Court reversed those three convictions, paving the way for Clarke's third trial, at issue here. See Clarke, 722 N.E.2d at 989, 994. On appeal to this court, Clarke asserts two theories for why the results of his second trial precluded his retrial on any of the rape counts, or at least precluded the Commonwealth from presenting at his third trial any evidence that he had a gun.