Commonwealth v. Vernazzarro

The appeal is from jury-waived convictions on indictments laid under G. L. c. 265, §§ 13B (as appearing in St. 1958, c. 189) and 23 (as appearing in St. 1974, c. 474, § 3). 1. The defendant had been supplied with the minutes of the grand jury, police reports, the report of a physician who had examined the victim following the assaults, and a list of the prosecution’s witnesses. The victim was nine years old at the time of trial and was expected to testify to events which (according to the minutes of the grand jury and the allegations of the indictments) had occurred approximately a year prior…