Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Sherry
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 1, 1982PublishedCited by 134 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, J.
Each defendant was indicted on three charges of aggravated rape (G. L. c. 265, § 22) and one charge of kidnapping (G. L. c. 265, § 26). A jury acquitted the de fendants of kidnapping and convicted them of so much of each of the remaining three indictments as charged the lesser included offense of rape without aggravation. Each defendant was sentenced on each conviction to be imprisoned at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Walpole, for a term of not more than five years nor less than three years. Six months of the sentence was to be served, with the balance of the sentence to be…
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