COMMONWEALTH v. RICHARDS


426 Mass. 689 (1998)

COMMONWEALTH v. JAMES T. RICHARDS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

February 12, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brett J. Harpster, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Margaret Wermer for the defendant.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., ABRAMS, LYNCH, GREANEY, FRIED, MARSHALL, & IRELAND, JJ.


ABRAMS, J.

The defendant, James T. Richards, sent a series of allegedly annoying facsimile transmissions from his home in Attleboro to the WCVB TV Newscenter 5 in Needham. For this conduct, he was charged with making annoying telephone calls in violation of G. L. c. 269, § 14A.1 The defendant filed a motion to dismiss. A judge in the Dedham Division of the District Court Department allowed...

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