COMMONWEALTH v. MELTON

No. 08-P-2143.

77 Mass. App. Ct. 552 (2010)

COMMONWEALTH v. JAMES MELTON.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

September 2, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil L. Fishman for the defendant.

Andrea Keeffe (Kathleen Celio, Assistant District Attorney, with her) for the Commonwealth.

Present: GRASSO, COHEN, & SIKORA, JJ.


SIKORA, J.

A District Court jury convicted the defendant of violation of an abuse prevention order (one count), G. L. c. 209A, § 7, and of threats to commit a crime (two counts), G. L. c. 275, § 2. On appeal he argues that the evidence was insufficient to establish either offense; that the trial judge improperly admitted prejudicial evidence of prior bad acts; and that the judge wrongly excluded the testimony of a police detective and incorrectly denied...

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