Commonwealth v. Walter R.

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• applying prospectively from date of earlier decision new rule on age presumption for rape defendants, without reference to Bouie
• applying prospectively from date of earlier decision new rule on age presumption for rape defendants, without reference to Bouie
• declaring as not applicable in Massachusetts a common-law presumption that a child under the age of fourteen was incapable of committing rape
• common-law presumption that a fourteen year old is incapable of committing rape invalid

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