Commonwealth v. Moreno

The defendant, Jorge Moreno, appeals from his convictions of two counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under the age of fourteen, G. L. c. 265, § 13B, and one count of open and gross lewdness, G. L. c. 272, § 16.2 He alleges a number of errors by the prosecutor, the trial judge, and defense counsel. For the reasons discussed below, we affirm.

Background. We summarize the facts the jury could have found, reserving certain details for discussion of specific issues. One night in November, 2011, eight year old Clair3 told her mother that the defendant had sexually assaulted her…