Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Adamides
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided September 27, 1994No. 93-P-1688PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWarner, C.J.
The defendant was convicted by a District Court jury of six of indecent assault and battery on a child under the age of fourteen. G. L. c. 265, § 13B. He argues for reversal of this conviction on three grounds: (1) that the closure of his trial violated the public trial guarantees of the Federal Constitution; (2) that the judge abused his discretion in denying the defendant’s motion for a mistrial after the prosecutor elicited testimony that was both inadmissible and prejudicial; and (3) that the assistance rendered the defendant by his trial counsel was constitutionally defective.
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