Commonwealth v. Quincy Q.

The defendant was indicted as a youthful offender on two charges of forcible rape of a child under the age of sixteen years and two charges of indecent assault and battery of a child under the age of fourteen years. Prior to trial, the defendant filed three motions to dismiss, all of which were denied by a motion judge.1 At the close of the prosecution’s case, the defendant filed a motion for a required finding of not guilty, which the trial judge granted to the extent that the rape charges alleged the use of force. The jury found the defendant not guilty on both charges of rape and one of…