Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Sholley
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 30, 2000PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSosman, J.
Earl Sholley was convicted of threatening to commit a crime (G. L. c. 275, § 2), being a disorderly person (G. L. c. 272, § 53), and disrupting court proceedings (G. L. c. 268, § 13C). The Appeals Court affirmed the conviction of threatening to commit a crime, but reversed the conviction of being a disorderly person (on the ground that the defendant’s conduct did not come within the ambit of G. L. c. 272, § 53) and the conviction of disrupting court proceedings (on the ground that there was no evidence that any particular proceeding had been disrupted). Commonwealth v. Sholley, 48 Mass. App.…
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