Commonwealth v. Conefrey

In November, 1988, a Barnstable County grand jury returned an indictment charging the defendant with indecent assault and battery on his daughter, a child under the age of fourteen years, “at divers times and dates during 1986.” See G. L. c. 265, § 13B (1992 ed.). In June, 1989, a jury found the defendant guilty. This court reversed the conviction on appeal because the defendant did not have *509a meaningful opportunity to exercise his right to self-representation. Commonwealth v. Conefrey, 410 Mass. 1, 13 (1991). After retrial in August, 1991, a jury again found the defendant guilty of indecent…