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COMMONWEALTH v. CHASE

385 Mass. 461 (1982)

432 N.E.2d 510

COMMONWEALTH vs. RICHARD N. CHASE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

March 2, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathleen Coffey, Assistant District Attorney (Carol Anne Fagan, Legal Assistant to the District Attorney, with her) for the Commonwealth.

Phyllis Baumann for the defendant.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., WILKINS, LIACOS, NOLAN, & LYNCH, JJ.

LIACOS, J.

This case is before us for further appellate review on applications filed by both the defendant and the Commonwealth, after a decision by the Appeals Court. Commonwealth v. Chase, 11 Mass.App.Ct. 884 (1981).

We are asked to decide whether a prosecution of the father of an illegitimate child for criminal nonsupport pursuant to G.L.c. 273, § 15,1 is constitutionally...

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