Commonwealth v. Megna

On appeal from the denial of his second postappeal motion for postconviction relief, the defendant argues that he is entitled to a judgment of acquittal on an indictment charging him with extortion in 1991, because the only evidence of extortion at trial related to acts in 1990.1 For the reasons that follow, we affirm the order of the Superior Court denying the motion.

1. Background. We recite the relevant facts. In October, 1992, the defendant was tried on multiple indictments charging extor*512tian and larceny. The extortion indictments were keyed to three different alleged victims: Daniel…