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COMMONWEALTH v. MURPHY.

No. 98-P-821.

48 Mass. App. Ct. 143 (1999)

COMMONWEALTH v. SHAWN M. MURPHY.

Court of Appeals of Massachusetts, Worcester.

October 26, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark W. Helwig for the defendant.

Thomas W. Dee, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: KASS, SMITH, & SPINA, JJ.

KASS, J.

Whether the testimony of the ten year old complaining witness was credible was the paramount issue in the trial of the defendant on charges of unnatural intercourse with a child under sixteen.2 A jury found the defendant guilty on three counts of the lesser included offense of indecent assault and battery. The defendant's ground of appeal is that the prosecution improperly attempted to build up the credibility of its principal...

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