Commonwealth v. Dingle

A judge found the defendant guilty of three counts of possession with intent to distribute child pornography and two counts of distributing child pornography, all in violation of G. L. c. 272, § 29B. On appeal, the defendant argues that (1) the indictments were unconstitutionally duplicative; (2) the three possession convictions violated principles of double jeopardy; (3) evidence of prior bad acts was incorrectly admitted; (4) trial counsel provided ineffective assistance; and (5) the errors cumulatively resulted in undue prejudice requiring reversal. We affirm.

Background. The evidence at…