Commonwealth v. LeBlanc

In July of 2004, the defendant, Gary LeBlanc, was the subject of seven indictments charging him with rape (two *625counts), indecent assault and battery on a person fourteen years old or over, drugging a person for the purpose of sexual intercourse, distribution of cocaine, procuring alcohol for a person under twenty-one years old, and a drug violation in a school zone. A Superior Court jury returned guilty verdicts on all counts.

On appeal, the defendant claims that the judge erroneously instructed the jury that to prove that the defendant “administered” drugs pursuant to G. L. c. 272, § 3, the…