Commonwealth v. McCloskey

¶ 1 Judith Claire McCloskey was convicted of three counts of involuntary manslaughter after dozens of teenagers attended a beer party in her home and three of them died in an automobile accident after leaving the party. Among other issues, we consider the evidentiary burden of establishing recklessness and causation in connection with involuntary manslaughter. We also discuss the relevance of prior bad acts evidence in this context. After a thorough review of the facts and law, we affirm McCloskey’s judgment of sentence.

FACTS

¶ 2 On April 28, 2001, one of McClos-key’s daughters, 17-year-old…