{"id":1983,"date":"2019-04-23T05:53:39","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T09:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/?p=1983"},"modified":"2019-05-16T18:22:48","modified_gmt":"2019-05-16T22:22:48","slug":"massachusetts-sjc-to-define-up-skirting-in-case-of-commonwealth-v-wassilie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/massachusetts-sjc-to-define-up-skirting-in-case-of-commonwealth-v-wassilie\/","title":{"rendered":"Massachusetts SJC to define up skirting in case of Commonwealth v. Wassilie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the case of <u>Commonwealth v. Sam C. Wassilie<\/u>, the Supreme Judicial Court for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (SJC) is currently considering whether a Superior Court judge properly dismissed criminal charges involving alleged \u201cupskirting\u201d. Upskirting is traditionally defined as secretly filming\/photographing up a woman\u2019s skirt to view her private areas. The Commonwealth is appealing the dismissals entered by the Court, and Wassilie is cross-appealing on the counts that the Court declined to dismiss. \u00a0The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court heard oral argument in the case on April 2, 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Wassilie was found to have set up a cell phone in a concealed area in the public restroom of the Pine Grove Athletic Field in Dalton, MA.\u00a0 Police obtained a search warrant and found videos on Wasillie\u2019s phone and laptop showing children and adults using the bathroom. The footage showed Wasillie setting up the camera and concealing it with paper towels, and was positioned to captured footage of the genitals and buttocks of individuals using the restroom.<\/p>\n<p>The prosecution argues that the Superior Court Judge made three errors when dismissing several of the Commonwealth\u2019s charges: 1) ruling to dismiss instead of ordering a new trial, 2) finding that there was not sufficient evidence of the crime, and 3) finding that Massachusetts\u2019 \u201cupskirting\u201d statute is ambiguous.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/massachusetts-sjc-to-define-up-skirting-in-case-of-commonwealth-v-wassilie\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Massachusetts SJC to define up skirting in case of Commonwealth v. Wassilie\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the case of Commonwealth v. Sam C. Wassilie, the Supreme Judicial Court for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (SJC) is currently considering whether a Superior Court judge properly dismissed criminal charges involving alleged \u201cupskirting\u201d. Upskirting is traditionally defined as secretly filming\/photographing up a woman\u2019s skirt to view her private areas. The Commonwealth is appealing the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-important-sjc-decisions"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Massachusetts SJC to define up skirting in case of Commonwealth v. 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