Commonwealth v. Adams

A Superior Court jury convicted the defendant of assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon (ABDW), assault and battery (A&B), and unarmed robbery.2 The defendant was jointly tried with his son, who faced parallel charges. On appeal, the defendant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence, asserts error in the prosecutor's closing argument, alleges that the admission of a partial confession by his son without limiting instructions violated his rights pursuant to the confrontation clause, and argues that the assistance of his trial counsel was ineffective in certain respects. Because…