Commonwealth v. Anderson

The defendant was indicted on three counts of rape of a child, in violation of G. L. c. 265, § 23. His first trial ended in a mistrial. The defendant was retried in August, 2014, before a different trial judge and a second jury, which convicted him of all three counts. We affirm.

1. Uncharged conduct. For the first time on appeal, the defendant argues that testimony about uncharged conduct overwhelmed the trial and that the resulting prejudice requires reversal.2 We review the trial judge's decision to permit testimony concerning prior bad acts for abuse of discretion, Commonwealth v. Barbosa,…