Commonwealth v. Buswell

A Superior Court jury found the defendant guilty on one indictment charging enticement of a child under the age of sixteen, G. L. c. 265, § 26C, and four indictments charging attempts to commit certain offenses, G. L. c. 274, § 6.1 The offenses underlying the convictions of attempt were rape of a child under the age of sixteen, G. L. c. 265, § 23; indecent assault and battery on a child under the age of fourteen, G. L. c. 265, § 13B; and two charges of disseminating matter harmful to a minor, G. L. c. 272, § 28. The defendant’s motions for required findings of not guilty were denied. In his…