COMMONWEALTH v. PEARCE

No. 95-P-326.

43 Mass. App. Ct. 78 (1997)

COMMONWEALTH v. IAN GEORGE PEARCE.

Court of Appeals of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

July 7, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda M. Poulos, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Lissa C. McKinney (Dana A. Curhan with her) for the defendant.

Present: BROWN, PERRETTA, & FLANNERY, JJ.


FLANNERY, J.

The defendant was convicted on so much of an indictment charging forcible rape of a child under the age of sixteen years, G. L. c. 265, § 22A, as charged rape of a child under that age. G. L. c. 265, § 23. On appeal, he alleges that the trial judge erred in: (1) instructing the jury on a lesser included offense; (2) denying his motion for a mistrial on the basis of improper closing argument by the prosecutor; (3) denying his request for individual...

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