Commonwealth v. Anderson
Massachusetts Appeals Court
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
The defendant appeals from his conviction of murder in the second degree of his infant daughter. The defendant contends on appeal that the trial judge erred by (1) *509denying the defendant’s motion for a required finding of not guilty, (2) admitting evidence of prior bad acts, (3) allowing unduly prejudicial testimony on cross-examination, and (4) excluding proper testimony of defense witnesses. We affirm.
Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth, the jury reasonably could have found the following facts. The defendant began dating Lori Bakirakis in August, 1992, after…
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