COMMONWEALTH v. KOZEC


399 Mass. 514 (1987)

505 N.E.2d 519

COMMONWEALTH vs. HOLLY KOZEC.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

March 24, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Zorza, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the defendant.

Kevin M. Burke, District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Judith H. Mizner, Nancy Gertner & John Reinstein, for Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., WILKINS, ABRAMS, LYNCH, & O'CONNOR, JJ.


WILKINS, J.

Convicted of assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon upon a person sixty-five years of age or older (but acquitted of assault with intent to commit murder), the defendant appealed to the Appeals Court, which reversed her conviction. Commonwealth v. Kozec, 21 Mass.App.Ct. 355 (1985). Supported by the Attorney General and every other district attorney in the Commonwealth, the district...

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