Commonwealth v. Milo M.

Milo M., a juvenile defendant, appeals from the Juvenile Court’s adjudication of him as delinquent by reason of threatening his teacher in violation of G. L. c. 275, § 2. While public schools remain very safe places for children to be, with respect to this appeal, we face the important and troubling question whether, given recent, highly publicized incidents of school violence, a drawing that depicts a student pointing a gun at his teacher constitutes a threat. We conclude that it does, and thus, affirm the adjudication of delinquency.

1. Facts and procedural history. On October 27, 1998, the…