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COMMONWEALTH v. SEGAL.

401 Mass. 95 (1987)

514 N.E.2d 1082

COMMONWEALTH vs. RONALD IAN SEGAL.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

November 9, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael F. Natola (Ronald Ian Segal with him) for the defendant.

Annette C. Benedetto, Assistant Attorney General, for the Commonwealth, submitted a brief.

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

WILKINS, J.

We reverse the judgment of summary contempt entered against an attorney in the course of the trial of his client for assault and battery in a six-person jury session of the Haverhill District Court. We see no evidence of contempt of court on the record before us. In any event, a judgment of summary contempt was not warranted under Mass. R. Crim. P. 43, 378 Mass. 919 (1979). Even if it had been warranted, the judge did not follow certain requirements of...

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