Commonwealth v. Degrace

Following a jury trial in the Superior Court, the defendant, Mark D. DeGrace, Jr.,2 was convicted of assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon and two counts of intimidation of a witness.3 DeGrace appeals from all the convictions, claiming only that the evidence was insufficient as to one count of intimidation of a witness. We affirm.

Background. Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth, Commonwealth v. Latimore, 378 Mass. 671, 676-677 (1979), the jury could have found the following facts. Nelson Gonzalez and his fiancée, Desire Littleton, lived with…