BOTSFORD, J.
A jury in the Superior Court convicted the defendant on two indictments charging rape in violation of G. L. c. 265, § 22 (b), both involving the same complainant. The Appeals Court reversed the defendant's convictions, concluding that the trial judge's instruction on the complainant's capacity to consent was erroneous and prejudicial. Commonwealth v. Urban,
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