Commonwealth v. Lopes

After a jury trial in the Superior Court, the defendant, Walter Lopes, Jr., was convicted of two counts of indecent assault and battery on an intellectually disabled person, and one count of indecent assault and battery.2 On appeal, he contends that (1) the judge abused his discretion in denying his motion for a mental status examination of the victim, (2) the prosecutor's closing argument created prejudicial error, and (3) the judge erred in denying his motion for required findings of not guilty. We affirm.3

Background. At the time of the incident, the victim was a client of the Department of…