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ATTORNEY GENERAL v. MCHATTON

428 Mass. 790 (1999)

ATTORNEY GENERAL v. LEO A. MCHATTON, JR.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

February 4, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LaDonna J. Hatton, Assistant Attorney General (Peter Sacks, Assistant Attorney General, with her) for the Attorney General.

John C. McBride (Arlene J. Fothergill with him) for the defendant.

John M. Collins for Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association, Inc., amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

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

GREANEY, J.

The issue in this case is whether felony convictions of the defendant, while he was a police officer in the city of Chelsea, of Federal income tax evasion constitute "misconduct in office" under a provision of the Chelsea city charter thereby disqualifying him from holding the elective office of city councillor. We conclude that the defendant is barred from holding the office.

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