Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Bell
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided January 8, 2013No. 12-P-284PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGrasso, J.
The Commonwealth appeals from an order of a Boston Municipal Court judge allowing the defendant’s motion to dismiss a criminal complaint charging him with intimidation of a witness. See G. L. c. 268, § 13B. For the reasons that follow, we reverse.
1. Background. The application for the complaint against the defendant alleged as follows:
“On June 22, 2011, at approximately 4:50pm, [the defendant] leaned behind his attorney, looked in the direction of [the victim] and stated, ‘I’ll see you on the street.’ [The defendant] made this statement in Courtroom 19 at *62the Boston Municipal Courthouse,…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Commonwealth v. McCarthyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Commonwealth v. O'DELLMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- Commonwealth v. StevensMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
- Commonwealth v. DiBennadettoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
- Commonwealth v. McCrearyMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1998
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Commonwealth v. Humberto H.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2013
- Commonwealth v. HugginsMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2013
- Commonwealth v. CoggeshallMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2016
- Commonwealth v. BrennanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2018
- Commonwealth v. RichardsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2018
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