Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Meuse
Massachusetts Superior Court
Decided November 29, 1999No. 9877CR2644PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
van Gestel, J.
The defendant, Richard T. Meuse (“Meuse”), is charged, among other things, with three counts of tattooing while not being a registered physician, in violation of G.L.c. 265, sec. 34. Meuse, asserting the constitutional sanctity for the free expression of ideas and beliefs in a unique manner by an artist— presumably himself — and the wearers, his alleged victims, has moved to dismiss all three counts of the tattooing indictment as being facially deficient.
BACKGROUND
G.L. 265, sec. 34, as most recently amended by St. 1962, sec. 214, reads in its entirety:
Whoever, not being…
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