Commonwealth v. Kirkpatrick

A jury in the Superior Court convicted the defendant, David Kirkpatrick, on two indictments, the first charging ten identical counts of forcible rape of a child under sixteen years, in violation of G. L. c. 265, § 22A (1994 ed.), and the second charging ten identical counts of indecent assault and batteiy on a child under fourteen years, in violation of G. L. c. 265, § 13B (1994 ed.). The defendant is represented by new counsel on appeal. We transferred the case to this court on our own motion principally to consider the defendant’s claim that his constitutional rights to due process of law1…