COMMONWEALTH v. COTTER


415 Mass. 183 (1993)

612 N.E.2d 1145

COMMONWEALTH vs. WILLIAM COTTER.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

May 10, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cornelius J. Sullivan (Brenda E.W. Sullivan with him) for the defendant.

Elisabeth J. Medvedow, Assistant Attorney General, for the Commonwealth.

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


WILKINS, J.

A Middlesex County jury found the defendant guilty of criminal contempt of a preliminary injunction based on his conduct on August 10 and 23, 1991, at a facility in Brookline in Norfolk County that provides abortion counselling and services. We transferred the defendant's appeal to this court. We affirm the convictions.

The order of which the defendant was found in contempt is the same May 21, 1990, preliminary injunction issued in the Superior...

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