COMMONWEALTH v. O'CONNOR


407 Mass. 663 (1990)

555 N.E.2d 865

COMMONWEALTH vs. RICHARD F. O'CONNOR.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

June 14, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew Silverman, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the defendant.

Kathy Rabin, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: LIACOS, C.J., WILKINS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, & LYNCH, JJ.


LYNCH, J.

On February 3, 1988, a Middlesex County jury found the defendant, Richard F. O'Connor, guilty of assault and battery on the fourteen year old daughter of his girl friend. He was living with both at the time. The defendant appeals,1 asserting the judge committed reversible error by (1) refusing a belated oral request to instruct the jury on the privilege of a parent or one in loco parentis to use reasonable means to discipline...

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