Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Hosey
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided September 9, 1975PublishedCited by 88 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtReardon, J.
This is an appeal under the provisions of G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, from a conviction of statutory rape (G. L. c. 265, § 23) after a jury trial in the Superior Court in Hampden County. Following proceedings under G. L. c. 123A, the defendant was found to be a sexually dangerous person. On June 7, 1973, he was sentenced to a term of fifteen to twenty years in the State prison.
The incident which gave rise to the proceedings occurred in the early morning hours of November 3, 1972. The victim was the two year old daughter of one Alice Lupien, with whom the defendant had been living at her home in…
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3Cited by88 opinions
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