Commonwealth v. Pease

Following a jury trial in the Superior Court, the defendant was convicted of two counts of rape of a child aggravated by an age difference of greater than ten years, in violation of G. L. c. 265, § 23A(b ), and one count of statutory rape as a lesser included offense of forcible rape of a child, in violation of G. L. c. 265, § 23.2 On appeal, he argues that his pretrial motion for inspection of certain psychiatric records relating to the treatment of the victim should have been allowed. He also contends that the trial judge erred by admitting testimony regarding the defendant's prior bad…