COMMONWEALTH v. DORVIL

SJC-11738.

472 Mass. 1 (2015)

COMMONWEALTH v. JEAN G. DORVIL.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

June 25, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacob B. Stone for the defendant.

Audrey Anderson, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Rebecca Kiley, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for Committee for Public Counsel Services, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: GANTS, C.J., SPINA, CORDY, BOTSFORD, DUFFLY, & LENK, JJ.


We are called upon in this case, where the defendant stands convicted of assault and battery for spanking his minor child, to examine the contours of a parental privilege defense. On appeal, the defendant contends that the use of force to control and discipline his child in the circumstances was justified, excusing him from liability for...

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