COMMONWEALTH v. ACCIME

SJC-12081.

476 Mass. 469 (2017)

COMMONWEALTH v. RICHIE ACCIME.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

February 13, 2017.

Amended March 10, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey A. Garland , Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the defendant.

Donna Jalbert Patalano , Assistant District Attorney ( Neil J. Flynn, Jr. , Assistant District Attorney, also present) for the Commonwealth.

Bettina Toner , Robert D. Fleischner , Jennifer Honig , Chetan Tiwari , & Phillip Kassel , for Center for Public Representation & another, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: GANTS, C.J., BOTSFORD, LENK, HINES, GAZIANO, LOWY, & BUDD, JJ.


The defendant, Richie Accime, appeals from his disorderly conduct conviction under G. L. c. 272, § 53, claiming there was insufficient evidence to support it. The charge was brought against him in relation to his conduct as a patient in the psychiatric area of the emergency department...

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