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COMMONWEALTH v. WELCH

444 Mass. 80 (2005)

COMMONWEALTH vs. VALERIE WELCH.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

April 25, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Fallon for the defendant.

Catherine Langevin Semel, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: MARSHALL, C.J., GREANEY, IRELAND, SPINA, COWIN, SOSMAN, & CORDY, JJ.

COWIN, J.

After a jury-waived trial in the District Court, the defendant, Valerie Welch, was convicted of criminal harassment pursuant to G. L. c. 265, § 43A, based on a series of homophobic statements she made over the course of more than one and one-half years to and about the complaining witnesses, Stephen Robichau and Frank Brienza.1 The Appeals Court affirmed the defendant's convictions in an unpublished memorandum and order...

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