Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
January 6, 2004.
March 19, 2004.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Douglas J. Beaton for the defendant.
John P. Zanini, Assistant District Attorney (Amanda Lovell, Joshua I. Wall, & Greer Spatz, Assistant District Attorneys, with him) for the Commonwealth.
The following submitted briefs for amici curiae:
Richard Van Nostrand, Martin W. Healy, & Lee D. Flournoy for Massachusetts Bar Association.
Thomas F. Reilly, Attorney General, Martha Coakley, District Attorney, Paul F. Walsh, District Attorney, & Marguerite T. Grant, Assistant District Attorney, for Department of Social Services & others.
Wendy J. Murphy for Jane Doe Inc. & others.
Daniel J. Kelly & Gregory D. Cote for National Crime Victim Law Institute & others.
Carol A. Donovan, Committee for Public Counsel Services, Sarah Wunsch, & Charles McGinty for Committee for Public Counsel Services & others.
Keith P. Carroll, of Connecticut, & Lisa A. Tenerowicz, Philip J. Catanzano, Andrew N. Nathanson, & Kathryn M. Reardon for Victim Rights Law Center & others.
Elizabeth D. Scheibel, Thomas F. Reilly, Attorney General, Cathryn A. Neaves, Assistant Attorney General, & Virginia A. Peel, for Massachusetts District Attorneys Association & others.
After a jury trial, the defendant was convicted of two counts of rape and of two counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under the age of fourteen years. The victims were his children. A divided panel of the Appeals Court affirmed the convictions. Commonwealth v. Pelosi,55 Mass.App.Ct. 390 (2002). We granted the defendant's application for further appellate review.
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