Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Colon

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided July 12, 2018No. AC 17-P-1091PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtEnglander, J.

*560 The defendant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to convict him of indecent assault and battery on a child under fourteen, where he hugged the victim for a prolonged time while extensively licking in and around her ear. We hold that the *561 evidence, in context, was sufficient to support the conviction, and that the criminal *1127 offense of indecent assault and battery on a child under fourteen is not unconstitutionally vague as applied to the facts here.

Background . We recite the facts in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth. The defendant and the victim met for the first time at a…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
  2. United States v. PowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  3. Commonwealth v. GallantMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
  4. Commonwealth v. MosbyMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1991
  5. Commonwealth v. QuinnMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2003

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3Cited by4 opinions

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  2. Commonwealth v. BeneditoMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2019
  3. Commonwealth v. GomesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2019
  4. Commonwealth v. VieiraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2019

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