Commonwealth v. Sylvester

The defendant appeals from two convictions of rape of a child under sixteen years of age, G. L. c. 265, § 23, and also appeals from three convictions of unnatural and lascivious acts on a child under sixteen years of age, G. L. c. 272, § 35A. The jury acquitted the defendant of two counts each of rape and unnatural and lascivious acts on one of the three alleged victims. The Appeals Court af*750firmed the judgments. Commonwealth v. Sylvester, 13 Mass. App. Ct. 360 (1982). We granted further appellate review. The defendant assigns as errors the judge’s prejudicial comments made in the presence of…