COMMONWEALTH v. LARK

No. 15-P-411.

89 Mass. App. Ct. 905 (2016)

COMMONWEALTH, v. MELVIN LARK, JR.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts.

July 13, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rachel T. Rose , for the defendant.

Catherine P. Sullivan , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.


Following a jury trial in the District Court, the defendant, Melvin Lark, Jr., was convicted of assault and battery. The victim was his fiancée's eight year old son. On appeal, the defendant contends that the Commonwealth presented insufficient evidence to disprove his parental privilege defense and, in the alternative, that the judge's instruction on parental privilege was erroneous.1 We...

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