Commonwealth v. Titus

An Essex County grand jury returned four indictments against the defendant, Fletcher Titus, each alleging three counts of rape of a child under sixteen years of age, G. L. c. 265, § 23; one indictment for kidnapping in violation of G. L.‘ c. 265, § 26, and one indictment for threatening to commit a crime in violation of G. L. c. 275, § 2. Following two trials the defendant was found guilty on each count of each indictment. The defendant was sentenced to four concurrent terms of nine to fifteen years at M.C.I., Cedar Junction, on all counts of the statutory rape indictments, and a sentence of…