Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Robicheau

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided September 13, 1995PublishedCited by 56 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, C.J.

On September 24, 1992, a jury of six sitting in the Dorchester Division of the District Court Department convicted the defendant, James Robicheau, of violating a protective order issued pursuant to G. L. c. 209A (1994 ed.). The jury acquitted him of a separate charge of threatening to commit a crime. See G. L. c. 275, § 2 (1994 ed.). He received a sentence of two and one-half years in a house of correction, with six months to be served and the remainder to be suspended. This sentence has been stayed pending appeal.

On appeal, the defendant claims that (1) the Commonwealth presented…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Chaplinsky v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  2. Roberts v. United States JayceesSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  3. Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
  4. Watts v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  5. Madsen v. Women's Health Center, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1994

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3Cited by56 opinions

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