Commonwealth v. Gaudette

On appeal from his convictions on indictments charging him with six counts of assault by means of a dangerous weapon, G. L. c. 265, § 15B(£>), and discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a dwelling, G. L. c. 269, § 12E, the defendant claims error in the judge’s exclusion of a prior consistent statement from evidence and in the prosecutor’s closing argument. He also appeals from the denial of his motion for a new trial which was based upon claims of the ineffective assistance of his trial attorney (defense counsel).1 We affirm.

1. The evidence. There was only one real question before the jury…