Commonwealth v. Wallace

On appeal from his conviction by a District Court jury on a complaint charging him with indecent assault and battery on a child under fourteen years of age, see G. L. c. 265, § 13B, the defendant claims that evidence was illegally seized from his motor vehicle and thereafter put before the jury notwithstanding the fact that its potential for prejudice far outweighed its probative value. We conclude that the defendant consented to the search of his vehicle and that the seized evidence was admissible to show his sexual intent, predatory motive, and intentional rather than accidental touching of…