REARDON, J.
This is an appeal under the provisions of G.L.c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, from a conviction of statutory rape (G.L.c. 265, § 23) after a jury trial in the Superior Court in Hampden County. Following proceedings under G.L.c. 123A, the defendant was found to be a sexually dangerous person. On June 7, 1973, he was sentenced to a term of fifteen to twenty years in the State prison.
The incident which gave rise to the proceedings occurred in...
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