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COMMONWEALTH v. KIROUAC

405 Mass. 557 (1989)

542 N.E.2d 270

COMMONWEALTH vs. DOUGLAS A. KIROUAC.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampshire.

August 10, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Regina Zupan, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the defendant.

Ariane D. Vuono, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: LIACOS, C.J., WILKINS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, LYNCH, & O'CONNOR, JJ.

WILKINS, J.

We reverse the defendant's conviction of indecent assault and battery on a child under the age of fourteen. The lack of cooperation by the alleged child victim, whom we shall call Valerie (not her real name), during the defendant's attempts to cross-examine her denied the defendant any meaningful opportunity for cross-examination.1

The indictment alleged multiple rapes and...

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