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COMMONWEALTH v. PINA

406 Mass. 540 (1990)

549 N.E.2d 106

COMMONWEALTH vs. LOUIS PINA.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

January 23, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James L. Sultan for the defendant.

Sharon B. Soffer, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Barry Barkow, for Massachusetts Correctional Legal Services, Inc., amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

The defendant, pro se, submitted a brief.

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

O'CONNOR, J.

After a jury trial, the defendant appeals from convictions of breaking and entering a dwelling at night with intent to commit a felony and making an assault therein, and three counts of aggravated rape.1 We transferred the case from the Appeals Court to this court on our own initiative.2 We now affirm the convictions.

For background purposes, we state relevant facts which are uncontested...

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