Commonwealth v. Barrett

On February 7, 1990, a Berkshire County grand jury returned twenty-four indictments against the defendant, Charles Barrett, Sr., twelve indictments charging rape of a child without force, G. L. c. 265, § 23 (1992 ed.), and twelve charging indecent assault and battery on a child under the age of fourteen, G. L. c. 265, § 13B (1992 ed.). After a jury-waived trial, a judge of the Superior Court found the defendant guilty on all the indictments and sentenced him on each rape conviction to a term of from fifteen to twenty-five years at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Cedar Junction,…