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COMMONWEALTH v. LICATA

412 Mass. 654 (1992)

591 N.E.2d 672

COMMONWEALTH vs. JAMES LICATA.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

May 15, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles K. Stephenson for the defendant.

Marguerite T. Grant, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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

LIACOS, C.J.

On November 17 1989, the defendant was found guilty on three indictments charging rape of a single victim. See G.L.c. 265, § 22 (b) (1990 ed.). Approximately one year after sentencing, he filed a motion for a new trial on the ground that he had been denied effective assistance of counsel.1 See Mass. R. Crim. P. 30 (b), 378 Mass. 900 (1979). The motion was denied without...

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