Commonwealth v. Reddy

The defendant, Jessen Reddy, was convicted of *105violation of an abuse prevention order under G. L. c. 209A, § 7, and assault and battery under G. L. c. 265, § 13A(a). In this, his second appeal, based on the denial of his motion for new trial, he raises numerous claims of ineffective assistance of counsel, both trial and appellate. The claim of significance concerns trial counsel’s failure to object when the following language from the unredacted abuse prevention order was introduced in evidence and highlighted by the prosecutor in her closing: “THERE IS A SUBSTANTIAL LIKELIHOOD OF IMMEDIATE…