Commonwealth v. Holloway

After a jury trial, the defendant was convicted on an indictment charging intimidation of a witness and two indictments charging assault and battery.2 On appeal, he claims that (1) the judge abused her discretion by admitting evidence of the defendant's prior bad acts, (2) the prosecutor's closing argument was improper, and (3) a specific unanimity instruction was required for the intimidation of a witness charge. We affirm.

1. Prior bad acts. The defendant claims the judge abused her discretion by admitting prior bad act evidence which was "more extensive" than the evidence supporting the…