Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. De La Cruz
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 3, 1989PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtO’Connor, J.
The defendant was indicted, and tried by a jury, for unnatural sexual intercourse with a child under the age *270of sixteen in violation of G. L. c. 265, § 23 (1986 ed.), and for indecent assault and battery of a child under the age of fourteen in violation of G. L. c. 265, § 13B (1986 ed.). The jury acquitted the defendant of the first charge, but convicted him of indecent assault and battery of a child under fourteen. The defendant appealed, and we allowed his petition for direct appellate review. We affirm the conviction.
The defendant is a fifty-eight year old Hispanic male. The alleged…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Rosales-Lopez v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Commonwealth v. FreemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
- Commonwealth v. ShelleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. HobbsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Commonwealth v. SandersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Commonwealth v. Colon-CruzMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
- Commonwealth v. WoodsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
- Commonwealth v. LongMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
- Commonwealth v. ColonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
- Commonwealth v. HunterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
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