COMMONWEALTH v. DOE


408 Mass. 764 (1990)

563 N.E.2d 1349

COMMONWEALTH vs. JOHN DOE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

December 10, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carol A. Donovan, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the defendant.

Judith A. Cowin, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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


WILKINS, J.

The defendant, held in contempt of court for failure to comply with an order that he appear in a lineup sought by a Norfolk County grand jury, argues that the order violates his constitutional rights. We disagree and hold that the contempt order was lawful.

We summarize the evidence before the grand jury, presented through a detective sergeant in the Walpole police department. About 5:15 A.M. on September 13, 1989, a man assaulted a woman on Main...

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