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COMMONWEALTH v. VAN BELL

SJC-10351

455 Mass. 408 (2009)

COMMONWEALTH v. KERRY VAN BELL.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Worcester.

December 4, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brandon L. Campbell for the defendant.

Ellyn H. Lazar-Moore, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

William W. Adams, for Committee for Public Counsel Services, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: MARSHALL, C.J., IRELAND, SPINA, COWIN, CORDY, BOTSFORD, & GANTS, JJ.

SPINA, J.

The defendant was convicted by a jury of offering to engage in sexual conduct for a fee (solicitation), G. L. c. 272, § 53A, and attempted rape of a child, G. L. c. 274, § 6.1,2 The defendant appealed from his convictions, and we granted his application for direct appellate review. The defendant now contends that (1) his conviction of attempted rape of a child should be reversed because...

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