Commonwealth v. Madyun

After a jury trial the defendant was convicted on four counts of aggravated rape and one count of armed robbery. The defendant’s only argument on appeal is that the judge abused his discretion in admitting testimony of two victims of subsequent rapes on the issue of identification of the defendant as the rapist in this case.2 The defendant concedes that the evidence was relevant and probative on the question of identification but argues that its probative value was outweighed by its prejudicial effect.

It is well established that evidence of independent crimes may not be admitted to show that…