Commonwealth v. LeBlanc

The defendant was convicted of rape (two indictments), indecent assault and battery, drugging a person for unlawful sexual intercourse, distribution of cocaine, procuring liquor for a person under twenty-one years of age, and a drug violation in or near a school or park. He appealed, and the Appeals Court affirmed all but his conviction of drugging a person for unlawful sexual intercourse, which was vacated on the ground that an error in the jury instruction was prejudicial to the defendant. Commonwealth v. LeBlanc, 73 Mass. App. Ct. 624, 630, 633 (2009). We granted both the Commonwealth’s…