NOLAN, J.
On September 1, 1988, the defendant, formerly a police officer with the Malden police department, was found guilty of violating G.L.c. 265, § 25 (1988 ed.), when he "did, as a police officer, verbally, maliciously and unlawfully use or threaten to use against James J. Sullivan, the power [or] authority vested in him, with the intent to compel Mr. Sullivan to do any act against his will." At the close of all of the evidence the defendant moved for a...
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