Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Marcavage
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided December 23, 2009No. 08-P-1294PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMills, J.
The defendant, a street evangelist, was arrested on Halloween night, 2007, in the city of Salem and charged with disorderly conduct, G. L. c. 272, § 53. He was convicted following a bench trial in the District Court, and argues on appeal that (a) the evidence was insufficient; (b) he received inadequate notice of the Commonwealth’s theory of the case; and (c) the *35confiscation of a megaphone by police violated various State and Federal constitutional protections. We affirm.
Background.1 The defendant is the director of a proselytizing group that visits Salem each Halloween to preach to the…
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