Commonwealth v. Ramos

Dr. Marcos Ramos was charged with nineteen counts of indecent assault and battery, G. L. c. 265, § 13(h), on eight different female patients. He was convicted of thirteen.1

On appeal, he argues that (1) prior bad act testimony of five *380noncomplainant witnesses was improperly admitted; (2) his prison sentence improperly took into account crimes for which he was not charged; and (3) the judge erroneously instructed the jury concerning consent to a physical examination by a physician. Although we are concerned with the admission of the evidence, we affirm.

Facts. Ramos practiced as a doctor…