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· 4/4/1989

Commonwealth v. Feigenbaum

Citations

  • 536 N.E.2d 325
  • 404 Mass. 471
  • 1989 Mass. LEXIS 92

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • noting that “the gravamen of the offense is necessarily contained in the word ‘disorderly’ ”
  • disorderly conduct conviction requires proof that defendant “consciously disregard[ed] a substantial and unjustifiable risk that the material element exists or will result from his conduct”
  • conviction reversed where Commonwealth failed to prove defendant’s actions served no legitimate purpose
  • construction of term “idle and disorderly” “has had a tortured history”
  • defendant’s conscious disregard of police request to move created hazardous condition
  • construction of the term “idle and disorderly” in § 53

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Hennessey, Liacos, Abrams, Nolan, O'Connor

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