Commonwealth v. Domaingue

The defendant, James Edward Domaingue, Sr., was tried before a jury in Superior Court on eleven indictments for incest, G. L. c. 272, § 17 (1984 ed.); one indictment for forcible rape, G. L. c. 265, § 22 (1984 ed.); three indictments for statutory rape with force, G. L. c. 265, § 22A (1984 ed.); and one indictment for indecent assault and battery, G. L. c. 265, § 13H (1984 ed.). All sixteen of these indictments involved conduct between the defendant and his natural daughter, who was aged fifteen and sixteen at the time of the alleged incidents. In essence, the indictments charged the…