Commonwealth v. McCrohan

On the morning of January 8, 1989, Patrick McCrohan became engaged in a violent physical struggle with two Freetown police officers outside his home in Berkley. Four days later, one of the officers obtained a criminal complaint against McCrohan, charging him with two counts of assault and battery on a police officer under G. L. c. 265, § 13D. On April 23, 1990, a six-person jury found McCrohan guilty as charged.

McCrohan’s appeal attacks as error the judge’s denial of his pretrial motion for dismissal and his motion for a required finding of not guilty at the conclusion of the Commonwealth’s…