Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Pyles
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 8, 1996PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, J.
The defendant was charged by a complaint in a District Court with assault by means of a dangerous weapon in violation of G. L. c. 265, § 15B (1994 ed.). According to *718the Commonwealth, the defendant, during an argument, cocked and pointed a handgun at his twelve year old nephew, in the presence of the boy’s mother (defendant’s sister). The defendant disputed this version of the facts, claiming that he never removed the handgun from its holster, but he admitted that the bolstered weapon might have been visible to the boy. On the day scheduled for trial, the defendant executed a written waiver…
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