COMMONWEALTH v. PAQUETTE

SJC-12028.

475 Mass. 793 (2016)

COMMONWEALTH v. RAYMOND ZACHARY PAQUETTE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampshire.

October 27, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas D. Frothingham for the defendant.

Steven E. Gagne , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Yale Yechiel N. Robinson, pro se, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

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


This case considers whether any lie to police during a criminal investigation "misleads" police in violation of G. L. c. 268, § 13B, the witness intimidation statute. The statute prohibits, as relevant here, "willfully ... mislead[ing] ... [a] police officer." The defendant was convicted by a Superior Court jury on two indictments...

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