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COMMONWEALTH v. VAILES

360 Mass. 522 (1971)

275 N.E.2d 893

COMMONWEALTH vs. ERNEST L. VAILES.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

December 2, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reuben Goodman for the defendant.

William A. Doherty, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: TAURO, C.J., CUTTER, REARDON, BRAUCHER, & HENNESSEY, JJ.

HENNESSEY, J.

At a trial pursuant to G.L.c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, the defendant was found guilty and was sentenced on an indictment charging him with rape. The argued assignments of error relate solely to the issue of the defendant's mental competence at the time of the trial.

We state only those facts necessary to a determination of that issue. The defendant was arraigned on April 28, 1970, in the Municipal Court of the Dorchester District and was

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