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COMMONWEALTH v. ROCHELEAU

404 Mass. 129 (1989)

533 N.E.2d 1333

COMMONWEALTH vs. FRANCIS A. ROCHELEAU.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Worcester.

February 13, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Katherine E. McMahon, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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

HENNESSEY, C.J.

A Worcester County grand jury returned two indictments charging the defendant, Francis A. Rocheleau, with unnatural sexual intercourse with a child under sixteen years of age. The defendant moved to dismiss the indictments, arguing that the statute of limitations had run and that a subsequent amendment extending the statutory period did not apply retroactively to the charges. A Superior Court judge, pursuant to Mass. R. Crim. P. 34, 378 Mass. 905 ...

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