Commonwealth v. Dean

The defendant, Clarence Dean, appeals from judgments entered upon verdicts of a Worcester County jury *176finding him guilty of the crimes of kidnapping (G. L. c. 265, § 26) and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (G. L. c. 265, § 15A). He was sentenced to concurrent terms of three and one-half to six years at M.C.I., Walpole, sentences suspended, probation for five years.1 The "grounds of appeal are that certain happenings at trial compromised its fairness, and that there was a “variance.” We affirm.

1. Sketch of the facts. Sometime in September, 1981, Annette Dean, wife of the defendant,…