Commonwealth v. Sanchez

The defendant, Asuncion Sanchez, was convicted of rape of a child by force (four convictions), indecent assault and battery on a child under fourteen (two convictions), and indecent assault and battery (one conviction). See note 8, infra. The defendant appeals, alleging that his trial violated the principles of double jeopardy, that the prosecutor’s summation was improper, that the judge erred in his evidentiary mlings, that the sentences constitute cmel and unusual punishment within the meaning of the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution and cruel or unusual punishment under…