Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Ramirez
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided May 10, 2007No. 06-P-497PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMills, J.
After a jury-waived trial, the defendant was found guilty on a complaint that he knowingly failed to register as a sex offender, G. L. c. 6, § 178H, and accosted or annoyed a person of the opposite sex, G. L. c. 272, § 53. We conclude that there was insufficient evidence to support the defendant’s convictions, and we reverse.
Background. The Commonwealth presented evidence that on *10July 2, 2005, the complainant1 went to a public swimming pool in Springfield, accompanied by a friend. While in the pool, she noticed the defendant, a stranger, staring at her. When the complainant began to leave,…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Lambert v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- State v. CookOhio Supreme Court · 1998
- Rogers v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- People v. GarciaCalifornia Supreme Court · 2001
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Commonwealth v. St. LouisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2015
- Commonwealth v. SullivanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
- People v. HaddockAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008
- Commonwealth v. BellMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2013
- State v. BillingtonNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2008
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