COMMONWEALTH v. HALSTROM

No. 11-P-1276.

84 Mass. App. Ct. 372 (2013)

COMMONWEALTH v. MELISSA HALSTROM (and seven companion cases).

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

October 11, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicole M. Procida for Melissa Halstrom.

Jennifer Marie Petersen for Anthony Gorgoglione.

Marcia H. Slingerland , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: MILKEY, CARHART, & SULLIVAN, JJ.


SULLIVAN, J.

The defendants appeal from multiple convictions of inducing a minor to become a prostitute, G. L. c. 272, § 4A, and deriving support from a minor prostitute, G. L. c. 272, § 4B.2 Both defendants argue that the jury instructions were erroneous with regard to the definition of "inducement," that there was insufficient evidence as to inducement, and that the prosecutor's closing argument was improper. The defendant...

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