Massachusetts Appeals Court April 4, 2001, No. 98-P-851 (Commonwealth v. Monzon)

Smith, J.

The defendant was the subject of a series of indict-*246meats charging him with various sexual assaults on his three young daughters.1 The indictments included the following: (1) three counts of rape of Eliza, a child under the age of sixteen, and four counts of indecent assault and battery on Eliza, a child under the age of fourteen; (2) two counts of indecent assault and battery on