Opinion
No. 13–P–12.
2014-06-4
COMMONWEALTH v. Walter Adonay GARCIA.
Commonwealth v. Clarke, supra at 47–48. We review a judge's decision on a motion for new trial “only to determine whether there has been a significant error of law or other abuse of discretion.” Commonwealth v. Acevedo, 446 Mass. 435, 441 (2006), quoting from Commonwealth v. Grace, 397 Mass. 303, 307 (1986). Reversal for abuse of discretion is particularly rare where, as here, the motion judge was also the trial judge. Id. at 441–442.