COMMONWEALTH v. COPPINGER

No. 13-P-287.

86 Mass. App. Ct. 234 (2014)

COMMONWEALTH, v. JOHN G. COPPINGER.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

September 4, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian A. Kelley for the defendant.

Gail M. McKenna , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: TRAINOR, FECTEAU, & CARHART, JJ.


CARHART, J.

After a jury trial, the defendant was found guilty of open and gross lewdness, in violation of G. L. c. 272, § 16, and of accosting a person of the opposite sex, in violation of G. L. c. 272, § 53. Appealing from his conviction of open and gross lewdness, he argues that the trial judge erred in denying his motion to dismiss, alleging that the statute prohibiting open and gross lewdness is unconstitutionally vague. The defendant also argues that...

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