Commonwealth v. Dunne

The defendant was convicted by a jury of assault on a child under sixteen with intent to commit a rape, G. L. c. 265, § 24B, on an indictment charging rape of a child under sixteen years of age (G. L. c. 265, § 23). The defendant appealed his conviction, and we allowed his application for direct appellate review.

The defendant argues that three errors of law warrant the reversal of his conviction. First, he contends that the refusal of the motion judge to allow a continuance to enable him to retain private counsel violated his rights under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United…