Commonwealth v. Boyd

The defendant, Jamal Boyd, appeals after he was convicted of assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon, causing serious bodily injury, in violation of G. L. c. 265, § 15A. We affirm.

Passing the question whether Dr. Sarkar's testimony that, but for surgical intervention "[the victim] would have bled to death" was expert opinion requiring designation as such during discovery, we discern no abuse of discretion in the decision by the trial judge to allow the testimony. See Commonwealth v. Stote, 433 Mass. 19, 22-23 (2000).

A trial judge should consider several factors in resolving whether…