Commonwealth v. Garcia

Upon a complaint charging her with the crime colloquially called “contributing to the delinquency of a minor,” see G. L. c. 119, § 63 (text reproduced in the margin),1 the *202defendant, Donna Garcia, was tried, nonjury, in Fall River Juvenile Court on April 23, 1998, convicted, and sentenced to six months’ probation.2 In her appeal, the defendant contends that the judge erred when he denied her motion for a required finding of not guilty at the close of the Commonwealth’s case and again when she rested without offering evidence. We agree with the defendant’s contention, and shall reverse the…