Commonwealth v. Labroad

After his first trial ended in a mistrial, the defendant was convicted by a jury at a second trial of rape of a child, in violation of G. L. c. 265, § 23. He appealed, arguing that a Superior Court judge erred in denying his pretrial motion to compel the production of psychological records of the complainant, in accordance with Mass. R. Crim. P. 17 (a) (2), 378 Mass. 886 (1979). The *1038Appeals Court affirmed the judgment of conviction, Commonwealth v. La-broad, 83 Mass. App. Ct. 1104 (2012), and we granted further appellate review.1 We remand the case to the Superior Court for further…