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COMMONWEALTH v. PEARCE

427 Mass. 642 (1998)

COMMONWEALTH v. IAN GEORGE PEARCE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

June 11, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda M. Poulos, Assistant District Attorney (Robert E. Baylor, Assistant District Attorney, with her) for the Commonwealth.

Dana Alan Curhan (Lissa C. McKinney with him) for the defendant.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., ABRAMS, LYNCH, FRIED, MARSHALL, & IRELAND, JJ.

ABRAMS, J.

Charged with forcible rape of a child, the defendant, Ian George Pearce, was convicted of the lesser included offense of rape of a child under sixteen years of age. Based on the prosecutor's summation, the Appeals Court reversed the conviction and ordered a new trial. Commonwealth v. Pearce, 43 Mass.App.Ct. 78 (1997). We granted the Commonwealth's application for further appellate review. We affirm...

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