COMMONWEALTH v. SANTOS

No. SJC-11235.

465 Mass. 689 (2013)

COMMONWEALTH v. FERNANDO SANTOS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

July 10, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emily A. Cardy , Committee for Public Counsel Services ( Nikolas Andreopoulos , Committee for Public Counsel Services, with her) for the defendant.

Katherine E. McMahon , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Allison Callahan , Assistant District Attorney, for District Attorney for the Suffolk District, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: IRELAND, C.J., SPINA, CORDY, BOTSFORD, GANTS, DUFFLY, & LENK, JJ.


IRELAND, C.J.

A Hampden County jury found the defendant guilty of rape of a child with force, in violation of G. L. c. 265, § 22 (a), and indecent assault and battery of a child under fourteen (three indictments), in violation of G. L. c. 265, § 13 (b).1 The defendant timely appealed, and we transferred the case here on our own motion. He argues that a Superior Court judge erred when she denied his motion to suppress...

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