Commonwealth v. Clayton

In Commonwealth v. Clayton, 52 Mass. App. Ct. 198 (2001) (Clayton I), we reversed the defendant’s conviction on a single indictment of statutory rape that charged him with having “sexual intercourse or unnatural sexual intercourse” with a child at divers times from 1979 to 1987. Id. at 199. We reversed because we concluded that limitation of the defendant’s *609cross-examination of the complainant amounted to prejudicial error. Id. at 202-203. We also decided that the defendant was not denied due process of law in violation of art. 12 of the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights where the petit…