COMMONWEALTH v. FREDETTE


396 Mass. 455 (1985)

486 N.E.2d 1112

COMMONWEALTH vs. ROBERT J. FREDETTE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

December 31, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric Brandt, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the defendant.

Robert H. Scarino, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., WILKINS, LIACOS, LYNCH, & O'CONNOR, JJ.


HENNESSEY, C.J.

The defendant appeals his convictions by a Superior Court jury for breaking and entering a dwelling house in the nighttime, rape, unnatural rape, and assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon. On appeal, the defendant argues that the admission of certain fingerprint evidence was error and that he did not receive effective assistance of counsel because his trial counsel failed to object to the prosecutor's questioning of witnesses and because...

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