Commonwealth v. Donoghue

The defendant appealed to the Superior Court from District Court convictions on complaints charging him with violations of G. L. c. 94, §§ 200 and 210A (as in effect prior to their repeal by St. 1971, c. 1071, § 2).1 On November 30, 1973, the jury returned a verdict of not guilty on the complaint alleging violation of G. L. c. 94, § 200, and verdicts of guilty on numerous complaints alleg*753ing violations of G. L. c. 94, § 210A.2 The defendant is here on his exceptions to the denials of his motions to dismiss, filed pre-trial and renewed at the close of all the evidence, and to the denials of…