COMMONWEALTH v. MARTIN


417 Mass. 187 (1994)

629 N.E.2d 297

COMMONWEALTH vs. CRAIG MARTIN.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Barnstable.

March 2, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brownlow M. Speer, Committee for Public Counsel Services (Charles L. Johnson, Committee for Public Counsel Services, with him) for the defendant.

Julia K. Holler, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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


NOLAN, J.

The defendant, Craig Martin, appeals from his convictions of indecent assault and battery on a child under the age of fourteen years, and of forcible rape of a child under the age of sixteen years. The defendant argues error in the closing of his trial to the public during the testimony of the minor complainant, in precluding the admission of certain evidence, and in allowing a witness to testify concerning her suspicion that the defendant had committed...

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