COMMONWEALTH v. SCAGLIOTTI


373 Mass. 626 (1977)

371 N.E.2d 726

COMMONWEALTH vs. JOHN E. SCAGLIOTTI, JR.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

November 9, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Evan T. Lawson (John Reinstein with him) for the defendant.

Michael J. Traft, Special Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., QUIRICO, BRAUCHER, KAPLAN, WILKINS, LIACOS, & ABRAMS, JJ.


HENNESSEY, C.J.

The defendant was convicted in the Municipal Court of the City of Boston on a complaint charging the common law crime of soliciting another to commit a felony. See Commonwealth v. Flagg, 135 Mass. 545, 549 (1883); Commonwealth v. Willard, 22 Pick. 476, 478 (1839). The felony solicited was the commission of an "unnatural and lascivious act with another person." G.L.c. 272, § 35. See Commonwealth v. Balthazar...

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