Commonwealth v. Morris

On an indictment charging statutory rape, the defendant was found guilty of the lesser included offense of assault with intent to rape. He argues that his conviction must be reversed because the judge precluded inquiry of a witness on the issue of her bias against him, see Commonwealth v. Ahearn, 370 Mass. 283, 287 (1976), and because the prosecutor was allowed to question him about the credibility of certain witnesses. See Commonwealth v. Dickinson, 394 Mass. 702, 706 (1985). We affirm.

I. The Facts.

The subjects of the indictments, twin sisters who were about eleven years old in 1981, are the…