Commonwealth v. Baker

The defendant was indicted by a Middlesex County grand jury for manslaughter committed between July 3 and July 8, 2001. The victim was his girlfriend. After a jury trial in Superior Court, the defendant was convicted of the single manslaughter count. On appeal, the defendant argues that (1) his motion for required finding of not guilty should have been al*761lowed because there was insufficient evidence to prove that the beatings he inflicted were the proximate cause of the victim’s death; (2) it was error for the judge to admit, over objection, medical records and a restraining order relating to…