Commonwealth v. Kozec

*356Greaney, C.J.

The complainant, a seventy-four year old man, and the defendant, Holly Kozec, a nineteen-year old woman, found themselves alone in an automobile late at night on July 9, 1983, on a rural road in Newburyport with the complainant talking sex for money. An argument erupted, and Kozec stabbed the complainant twice. Kozec was indicted for assault with intent to commit murder and for assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon upon a person sixty-five years of age or older. G.L. c. 265, § 15B, as appearing in St. 1981, c. 678, § 2. A jury in the Superior Court acquitted her of…