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COMMONWEALTH v. HELBERG

No. 07-P-1704.

73 Mass. App. Ct. 175 (2008)

COMMONWEALTH v. STEPHEN HELBERG.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

November 18, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric Brandt, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the defendant.

Kenneth Bresler, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: COHEN, GREEN, & RUBIN, JJ.

GREEN, J.

After a jury trial in the Superior Court, the defendant was convicted on six charges of rape of a child and six charges of indecent assault and battery on a child.1 As often occurs in such cases, the trial rested largely on the credibility of the child victims' testimony. On appeal, the defendant contends that, in closing argument, the prosecutor improperly urged the jury to...

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