COMMONWEALTH v. WILSON

No. 11-P-1143.

81 Mass. App. Ct. 464 (2012)

COMMONWEALTH v. BARRY WILSON.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

March 20, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Peter Parker for the defendant.

Elisabeth Martino , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Todd C. Pomerleau , Sarah Unger, & Danielle M. Wood, for Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: MILLS, SMITH, & WOLOHOJIAN, JJ.


SMITH, J.

The defendant, Barry Wilson, a criminal defense attorney, appeals from the entry of a judgment of summary criminal contempt against him pursuant to Mass.R.Crim.P. 43, 378 Mass. 919 (1979). The summary contempt finding occurred during Wilson's representation of Garrett Jackson, a criminal defendant charged with murder in the first degree. After a guilty verdict was returned in that case, the judge, after a hearing, sentenced Wilson on the finding of summary...

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