COMMONWEALTH v. LeFAVE


430 Mass. 169 (1999)

COMMONWEALTH v. CHERYL AMIRAULT LEFAVE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

August 18, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Catherine E. Sullivan, Special Assistant District Attorney (Lynn C. Rooney, David W. Cunis, Abra C. Siegel, & Amy E. Bannes, Assistant District Attorneys, with her) for the Commonwealth.

Daniel R. Williams, of New York, & James L. Sultan (Catherine J. Hinton with them) for the defendant.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae:

Kevin S. Nixon for Scientists for the Accurate Communication of Data.

Wendy J. Murphy for Leadership Council on Mental Health, Justice, and the Media.

Sherry A. Quirk for One Voice/The American Coalition for Abuse Awareness.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., ABRAMS, LYNCH, GREANEY, MARSHALL, & IRELAND, JJ.


WILKINS, C.J.

We deal once again with consequences of the multiple convictions of Cheryl Amirault LeFave of rape of a child under sixteen years and indecent assault and battery on a child under fourteen years.1 In Commonwealth v. LeFave, 407 Mass. 927 (1990), we affirmed those convictions, and in Commonwealth v. Amirault, 415 Mass. 112 ...

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