Commonwealth v. Healey

The question on this appeal is whether by giving a false name to a police officer the defendant “disguise[d] himself” within the meaning of G. L. c. 268, § 34. We hold that he did not and reverse his conviction for violating that statute.

The parties filed an agreed statement of the case pursuant to Mass.R.A.P. 8(d), as appearing in 378 Mass. 934 (1979). While under arrest on another charge, the defendant gave as his own the name of his older brother, Robert J. Healey, and, as his address, the place where both he and his brother resided. The defendant was later apprehended at that address. At…