Commonwealth v. Healey

A jury in the Superior Court found the de-

fendant guilty of the sexual abuse of two sisters, whom we shall call Ann and Kim. On appeal, the defendant argues that the trial judge erred in three evidentiary rulings. We find no reversible error and affirm the convictions.

There was evidence in the Commonwealth’s case of the following facts. The defendant moved into the victims’ household in South Boston sometime after July, 1978. He lived there with the victims, their mother, Susan, and their brothers, James and Joey. The children called the defendant “Daddy” and “Dad.” The defendant acted as the…