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COMMONWEALTH v. PONTES

402 Mass. 311 (1988)

522 N.E.2d 931

COMMONWEALTH vs. ROBERT PONTES (and a companion case).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

May 9, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael R. Schneider, Committee for Public Counsel Services (Christoper S. Skinner with him) for John R. MacLean.

John J. Connell for Robert Pontes.

Daniel Mullane, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: WILKINS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, LYNCH, & O'CONNOR, JJ.

LYNCH, J.

After a joint jury trial the defendants, Robert Pontes and John R. MacLean, were each convicted of two counts of aggravated rape. Defendant MacLean was also convicted of assault and battery, and this conviction was placed on file. MacLean was acquitted of kidnapping, and Pontes was acquitted of kidnapping and assault and battery. They appealed, and we took the case on our own motion. We now affirm the convictions.

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