Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 9/27/2016

Commonwealth v. Bigelow

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475 Mass. 554
59 N.E.3d 1105

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mailing of disturbing letters to wife of selectman at her home sufficient to support conviction of criminal harassment
interpreting and applying criminal harassment statute in light of First Amendment concerns
\personal insults and allegations concerning [selectman's] alleged criminal past\ were \constitutionally protected political speech\ because \central thrust is criticism of him as a selectman\
in usual case, whether speech rises to level of true threat is for fact finder
whether particular speech qualifies as \a true threat is a matter to be decided by the trier of fact\
fact finder reasonably could find that certain unsettling letters anonymously sent to wife of public official at her home rose to the level of \true threats\

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Judges: Gants, Spina, Cordy, Botsford, Duffly, Lenk, Hines

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