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Commonwealth v. Brennan

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided December 21, 2018No. SJC 12518PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtCypher, J.

**146 A complaint issued against the defendant, Francis T. Brennan, charging him with two counts of criminal harassment in violation of G. L. c. 265, § 43A. The charges stem from allegations that he was using two global positioning system (GPS) devices to track the movements of a married couple he had never met before, to whom we shall refer as J.D. and J.H. After holding two nonevidentiary hearings, a District Court judge allowed the **147 defendant's motion to dismiss. The judge ruled that the complaint did "not allege three qualifying acts to support a charge of criminal harassment as to…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Brinegar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  2. Commonwealth v. McCarthyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
  3. Commonwealth v. O'DELLMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
  4. Myers v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
  5. O'BRIEN v. BorowskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2012

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. AdamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2019
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  3. Commonwealth v. GrimaldiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2026
  4. Commonwealth v. MorrisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2023
  5. Commonwealth v. Preston P., a juvenileMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2020

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