Commonwealth v. John Doe – Plymouth Superior Court

INDICTMENT CHARGING DRUGGING A PERSON FOR SEXUAL INTERCOURSE DISMISSED FOR LACK OF PROBABLE CAUSE.

Our client was indicted for Rape and Drugging a Person for Sexual Intercourse (G.L. c. 272, §3). The client met a woman on social media, and they got together for a date. They went to a bar for a few drinks. The woman was insistent that the client placed something in her drink at the bar and she had no memory of what occurred thereafter. Upon leaving the bar, they went to the woman’s apartment. She awoke the next morning and believed that she had been raped. She went to the hospital. Attorney Patrick J. Noonan filed a motion to dismiss the indictment for lack of probable cause because, absent her allegation, there was no evidence to show that she had been drugged. The indictment was dismissed.