Commonwealth v. Sullivan

Following a jury trial, the defendant was convicted of attempted kidnapping, G. L. c. 274, § 6, and of accosting or *27annoying a person of the opposite sex, G. L. c. 272, § 53.1 On appeal, he argues that (1) the Commonwealth presented insufficient evidence to support the convictions; (2) his motion to vacate the attempted kidnapping conviction was wrongly denied; and (3) trial counsel provided ineffective assistance during the course of the trial.2 We affirm in part and reverse in part.

1. Sufficiency of the evidence. The defendant challenges the jury’s verdict on the attempted kidnapping charge…