Commonwealth v. Reznikow

A Middlesex Superior Court jury found the defendant guilty of rape of a child under the age of sixteen (G. L. c. 265, § 23) and indecent assault and battery of a child under fourteen (c. 265, § 13B). The defendant appeals from the judgments of conviction.

The complaining witness, Kristin (a pseudonym), was bom on July 30, 1987. Her mother died some eighteen months later. Kristin and her twin brother remained with their father, the defendant herein, in a house in Billerica. There were many others who, over the years, from time to time, lived in the house.

Kristin was twelve years old when she…