COMMONWEALTH v. FILOS


420 Mass. 348 (1995)

COMMONWEALTH vs. ROBERT P. FILOS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

May 16, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Prentiss & Luke Stanton for the defendant.

William J. Duensing, Assistant Attorney General, for the Commonwealth.

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


LIACOS, C.J.

The defendant appeals from his conviction of criminal contempt and claims (1) that the trial judge's charge to the jury omitted necessary instructions on the element of intent and that the instructions given allowed the jury to convict the defendant for conduct protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, (2) that the Commonwealth introduced insufficient evidence and therefore the defendant...

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