COMMONWEALTH v. ADKINSON


442 Mass. 410 (2004)

COMMONWEALTH v. CORBY ADKINSON.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

August 13, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph F. Krowski for the defendant.

Kevin J. Curtin, Assistant District Attorney (Martha Coakley, District Attorney, with him) for the Commonwealth.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae:

Carlo Obligato, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for Committee for Public Counsel Services.

Thomas F. Reilly, Attorney General, Virginia A. Peel, Special Assistant Attorney General, & Brian R. Pariser for Department of Social Services.

Present: MARSHALL, C.J., GREANEY, SPINA, COWIN, SOSMAN, & CORDY, JJ.


SPINA, J.

After a jury-waived trial in the Superior Court,1 the defendant was convicted on multiple indictments2 alleging various types of abuse of his four minor sons, as well as drug-related offenses. The crimes involving the defendant's sons occurred between May, 1995, and November 23, 1995. On November 23, 1995, Thanksgiving Day, one of the sons telephoned 911...

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