COMMONWEALTH v. COHEN

SJC-10486.

456 Mass. 94 (2010)

COMMONWEALTH v. DAVID M. COHEN (No. 1).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

February 17, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wendy H. Sibbison for the defendant.

Stephanie Martin Glennon, Special Assistant District Attorney (George R. Jabour, Special Assistant District Attorney, with her) for the Commonwealth.

David J. Nathanson & Dan Horowitz, for Committee for Public Counsel Services, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Timothy J. Cruz, District Attorney, & Mary Lee, Assistant District Attorney, for District Attorney for the Plymouth District, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: MARSHALL, C.J., IRELAND, SPINA, CORDY, BOTSFORD, & GANTS, JJ.


BOTSFORD, J.

A Superior Court jury found the defendant, David M. Cohen, an attorney and former Stoughton police sergeant, guilty of attempted extortion, G. L. c. 265, § 25; filing a false police report, G. L. c. 268, § 6A; and two charges of witness intimidation, G. L. c. 268, § 13B.1, 2 He brings this appeal from his convictions and from the denial of his motion for a new trial. The defendant...

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