Commonwealth v. Gagnon

Warner, CJ.

A Superior Court jury convicted the defendant of three counts of rape and abuse of a child under the age of sixteen. The defendant contends on appeal that the trial judge erred by refusing to admit evidence concerning a specific incident of alleged sexual conduct concerning one of the two victims, and by allowing the Commonwealth’s motion for joinder of the offenses charged.

*585We summarize the evidence presented by the prosecution. The complainants, Melissa and Janice, who are half sisters,1 were placed in foster care with Beverly and Paul Gagnon, the defendant’s parents, in 198'6.…