COMMONWEALTH v. GORDON

No. 11-P-519.

82 Mass. App. Ct. 227 (2012)

COMMONWEALTH v. JAMES P. GORDON.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Barnstable.

July 23, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Lonardo-Roy , Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the defendant.

Julia K. Holler , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: RUBIN, BROWN, & HANLON, JJ.


HANLON, J.

After a jury-waived trial, a District Court judge found the defendant, James P. Gordon, guilty of malicious destruction of property with a value exceeding $250. See G. L. c. 266, § 127. He appeals, arguing that the Commonwealth failed to prove he destroyed the property maliciously. We affirm.

Background. On March 13, 2010, the defendant was in his rented second-floor apartment in the town of Bourne. He started to break things. First...

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