COMMONWEALTH v. TEJEDA

SJC-12187.

476 Mass. 817 (2017)

COMMONWEALTH, v. JOSEFA TEJEDA.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

April 20, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jason Shaffer ( Robert E. Proctor & Colin Doyle also present) for the defendant.

Zachary Hillman , Assistant District Attorney ( Alexandra Halprin , Assistant District Attorney, also present) for the Commonwealth.

Present: GANTS, C.J., LENK, HINES, GAZIANO, LOWY, & BUDD, JJ.


This case presents an opportunity to further clarify the meaning of "misleads" in the context of G. L. c. 268, § 13B, specifically as it relates to nonverbal conduct. Here, a complaint issued charging the defendant, Josefa Tejeda, with misleading a police officer after she picked up a small bag of what was believed to be heroin and...

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