COMMONWEALTH v. LAWSON

SJC-11996.

475 Mass. 806 (2016)

COMMONWEALTH v. RICHARD LAWSON.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

October 28, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher DeMayo for the defendant.

John P. Zanini , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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


The defendant, after being told by Boston police officers that he had an outstanding warrant, resisted arrest and assaulted the officers. At a jury-waived trial in the Boston Municipal Court, the defendant offered a defense of lack of criminal responsibility, and called a forensic psychologist who described the defendant's lengthy mental...

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