Commonwealth v. Fitzpatrick

The defendant, Matthew Fitzpatrick, was convicted by a jury of kidnapping, assault and battery, and violating an abuse prevention order. On appeal, the defendant argues that (1) the evidence was insufficient to support convictions of kidnapping and violating the abuse prevention order; (2) the supplemental jury instructions on kidnapping were inadequate; and (3) he received ineffective assistance of counsel. We affirm.

1. Sufficiency of the evidence. a. Kidnapping. When reviewing the denial of a motion for a required finding of not guilty, "we consider the evidence introduced at trial in the…