Commonwealth v. Amirault

In 1986, Gerald Amirault was found guilty on eight indictments charging rape of a child and seven indictments charging indecent assault and battery on a child. We affirmed the denial of his request for a new trial in Commonwealth v. Amirault, 399 Mass. 617 (1987), and affirmed his convictions and the denial of his renewed motion for a new trial, Commonwealth v. Amirault, 404 Mass. 221 (1989). *620In a separate trial arising from the same allegations of abuse at the Fells Acres Day School, Violet Amirault2 was found guilty on two indictments charging rape of a child and three charging indecent…