COMMONWEALTH v. HOSEY


368 Mass. 571 (1975)

334 N.E.2d 44

COMMONWEALTH vs. BENNIE HOSEY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

September 9, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Nelson for the defendant.

William W. Teahan, Jr., Special Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: TAURO, C.J., REARDON, QUIRICO, BRAUCHER, HENNESSEY, KAPLAN, & WILKINS, JJ.


REARDON, J.

This is an appeal under the provisions of G.L.c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, from a conviction of statutory rape (G.L.c. 265, § 23) after a jury trial in the Superior Court in Hampden County. Following proceedings under G.L.c. 123A, the defendant was found to be a sexually dangerous person. On June 7, 1973, he was sentenced to a term of fifteen to twenty years in the State prison.

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