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Commonwealth v. McClaine

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided April 30, 1975PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtReardon, J.

A complaint was brought against the defendant alleging that on a date certain he “did then and there commit open and gross lewdness and lascivious behaviour in the presence of one Irving MacGregor.” On a hearing of the complaint the defendant, having pleaded not guilty, was found guilty and sentenced to one year in a house of correction. He appealed to the Superior Court where he moved to dismiss the matter against him on the ground that “Chapter 272, Section 53 fails to define with specific particularity the proscribed conduct and is therefore unconstitutionally vague in violation of the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. BenjaminMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1971
  2. Commonwealth v. BloombergMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
  3. Commonwealth v. JarrettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1971
  4. Commonwealth v. HareMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
  5. Commonwealth v. VallecaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1970

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. BurnsMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1979
  2. Commonwealth v. CominsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
  3. Commonwealth v. LovettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
  4. Commonwealth v. DonoghueMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1986
  5. Commonwealth v. GonzalezMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1986

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