Commonwealth v. Daly

The defendant appeals from a conviction of animal cruelty, following his jury trial in the Quincy District Court, and from the denial of his motion for a new trial after an evidentiary hearing. The defendant was sentenced to serve from two years to two and one-half years in a house of correction, with one year committed and the balance suspended for three years with probation. On appeal, the defendant asserts that the judge (1) erred in denying his motion for a new trial challenging the constitutionality of the animal cruelty statute; (2) improperly excluded photographic and testimonial…