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COMMONWEALTH v. GIVEN

441 Mass. 741 (2004)

COMMONWEALTH v. EDWARD GIVEN.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Worcester.

May 20, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Hirsch, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the defendant.

John J. Conte, District Attorney, & Ellyn H. Lazar-Moore, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth, submitted a brief.

Present: Marshall, C.J., Greaney, Ireland, Spina, Cowin, Sosman, & Cordy, JJ.

CORDY, J.

At the commitment trial of a person accused of being sexually dangerous, the Commonwealth is entitled to introduce in evidence "police reports relating to such person's prior sexual offenses." G. L. c. 123A, § 14 (c). We have previously held that "offenses," as used in § 14 (c), means convictions or adjudications, so that the Commonwealth may not introduce reports of nol prossed allegations of sexual assault. Commonwealth v. Markvart...

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