Commonwealth v. Mullane

We reverse the judgments of keeping premises for unlawful sexual intercourse (G. L. c. 272, § 6) and keeping a house of ill fame (G. L. c. 272, § 24) because of the erroneous admission of evidence, objected to by the defense but admitted by the judge. As will appear, the evidence involved an incident that occurred nineteen months prior to the episode at *318issue and added little probative value to the Commonwealth’s case, but at the same time created unfair prejudice against the defendant.

1. Facts, a. August, 1999. Police officers and defense witnesses told different stories during trial, but…