COMMONWEALTH v. LASOTA

Nos. 89-P-639 & 89-P-831.

29 Mass. App. Ct. 15 (1990)

557 N.E.2d 34

COMMONWEALTH vs. ROBERT J. LASOTA.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

July 19, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. White, Jr. (John T. Dawley with him) for the defendant.

Margaret J. Perry, Assistant District Attorney (Janice W. Howe, Assistant District Attorney, with her) for the Commonwealth.

Present: WARNER, C.J., ARMSTRONG, & DREBEN, JJ.


WARNER, C.J.

After a jury trial in the Superior Court, the defendant was convicted on five counts of rape and abuse of a child (G.L.c. 265, § 23), his daughter. He raises several issues in these consolidated appeals from the convictions and the denial of his motion for a new trial.

Background

The events leading up to the defendant's arrest on May 27, 1987, began on April 8, 1987, when the victim, then sixteen years old, told a high school...

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