Commonwealth v. Olmande

Following a Superior Court jury trial, the defendant was convicted of four counts of rape of a child and one count of indecent assault and battery on a child under the age of fourteen. After his conviction was affirmed on direct appeal, see Commonwealth v. Olmande, 84 Mass. App. Ct. 231 (2013), the defendant moved for a new trial. On appeal from the denial of that motion, the defendant contends that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to obtain expert testimony, and that the prosecutor's closing argument created a substantial risk of a miscarriage of justice. We affirm.2

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