Commonwealth v. Jaynes

The defendant, Charles Jaynes, was convicted by a Superior Court jury of murder in the second degree and kidnapping for his role, along with Salvatore Sicari, in the killing of ten year old Jeffrey Curley.1 His motion for a new trial was denied. He appeals from his conviction and from the order denying his motion for new a trial. As neither appeal has merit, we affirm his convictions, and decline to order a new trial.

Facts. The facts that the jury were warranted in finding were as follows. During the summer and fall of 1997, the defendant, a Brockton native, along with Sicari, befriended the…