COMMONWEALTH v. McGHEE

SJC-11821.

472 Mass. 405 (2015)

COMMONWEALTH v. TYSHAUN McGHEE (and seven companion cases).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

August 13, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sharon Dehmand for Tyshaun McGhee.

David M. Jellinek for Sidney McGee.

Matthew T. Sears , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae:

Amy Farrell, pro se.

Maura Healey , Attorney General, & Susanne G. Reardon , Assistant Attorney General, for the Attorney General.

Julie Dahlstrom , Felicia H. Ellsworth , Tasha Bahal , & Michelle L. Sandals for Ascentria Care Alliance & others.

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


In this case, we are asked to consider, for the first time, the constitutionality of the Massachusetts sex trafficking statute. On November 21, 2011, the Legislature approved "An Act relative to the commercial exploitation of people," which criminalized sexual servitude, forced labor, and organ trafficking as of its effective date of February...

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