Commonwealth v. Henderson

A Superior Court jury convicted the defendant, Jerry L. Henderson, on four indictments charging wilfully endeavoring to interfere with a witness, G. L. c. 268, § 13B; *156eight indictments charging violation of a protective order, G. L. c. 209A, § 7; and one indictment charging assault and battery, G. L. c. 265, § 13A. On appeal, the defendant claims that the judge’s failure to instruct the jury on accord and satisfaction and his admission in evidence of opinion testimony warrant reversal of the interfering with a witness convictions. He also contends that convictions under G. L. c. 209A cannot…