Commonwealth v. Guy G.

In Brockton Juvenile Court a six-person jury found the juvenile defendant, Guy G. (a pseudonym), delinquent for his violation, first, of G. L. c. 272, § 16 (“open and gross lewdness *272and lascivious behavior”) (as appearing in St. 1987, c. 43), and, second, of a provision of G. L. c. 272, § 53 (“lewd, wanton and lascivious persons in speech or behavior”) (as appearing in St. 1983, c. 66, § 1). The juvenile noted his appeal from the delinquency convictions and the denial of his motion for a new trial, claiming the prosecution failed for want of evidence in certain particulars. He also appealed…