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The defendant, Mitchell J. Fondakowski, appeals from his conviction, after a jury-waived trial, of failing to register as a sex offender, G. L. c. 6, § 178H(a). The defendant argues that the Commonwealth failed to prove that he knowingly filed a false registration and that he was prosecuted and convicted for criticizing the sex offender registry board (board). We affirm.
1. Factual background. The judge could have found...
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