Commonwealth v. Ciccolini

After a jury trial, the defendant was convicted of assault and battery on a police officer, and resisting arrest.2 He appeals and his sole argument is that there was insufficient evidence to support his convictions because the Commonwealth failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he was not justified in using self-defense in response to excessive force from the police. We affirm.

"In reviewing evidentiary sufficiency, the Latimore standard governs, that is, 'whether the evidence, in its light most favorable to the Commonwealth, ... is sufficient ... to permit the jury to infer the…