Commonwealth v. Bryant

**731 A jury convicted the defendant, Kyle Bryant, of murder in the first degree on a theory of deliberate premeditation for the killing of Darnell Harrison (victim). On appeal, the defendant contends that the judge erred when he allowed the Commonwealth **732 to introduce prior bad act evidence that showed the defendant was a drug dealer, denied the defendant's request for an eyewitness identification jury instruction, and denied the defendant's motion for a mistrial.

For the reasons stated below, we affirm the defendant's convictions. After a thorough review of the record, we also decline to…