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Commonwealth v. Lutskov, SJC-12411 The Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) issued the following amicus solicitation: Where the defendant was convicted, as a youthful offender, of armed home invasion and other offenses, whether his sentence of twenty years in the State prison Read more
Commonwealth v. R. B., SJC-12415 The Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) has issued the following amicus solicitation: In the context of the trial of a G.L. c.123A, §9, petition for discharge, where an objection to an alleged trial error was not Read more
A. Commonwealth v. Christopher Kennedy, SJC-12345 – The Supreme Judicial Court issued the following amicus solicitation: “Where a defendant has been charged with a sex offense for which force is not an element of proof, whether the defendant is entitled Read more
Commonwealth v. A Juvenile, SJC-12395 The Supreme Judicial Court issued an amicus solicitation in this case on the following issues: Whether G. L. c. 119, § 72A, permits a Juvenile Court judge, who has dismissed an offense charged for lack Read more
Commonwealth v. A Juvenile, SJC-12351: The Supreme Judicial Court issued an amicus solicitation in this case addressing the following issue: Whether the prosecution of the juvenile for rape of a child violates the juvenile’s rights under the due process or Read more
Commonwealth v. A Juvenile, SJC-12314. The issue presented in this case is whether a Juvenile Court judge, prior to arraignment, can dismiss a charge for a reason other than a lack of probable cause.
A. Commonwealth v. Brangan, SJC-12232 – The issue in the case is whether it violates the Massachusetts and Federal constitutional guarantees to deprive criminal defendants of their liberty pending trial solely because they lack financial resources to post bail. The Read more
A. Commonwealth v. Fernando Perez, SJC-12251 – The case presents the following issue: Whether a juvenile convicted of non-homicide offenses and sentenced to 27.5-34 years in prison is entitled to be resentenced to a term that entitles him to a Read more
Commonwealth v. Dew – The Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) has solicited amicus briefs on these related questions: Whether a witness’s in-court identification of a defendant is inadmissible where it was preceded by an unequivocal pretrial identification by the witness that Read more
A. Crowell v. Massachusetts Parole Board – The case is now before the SJC and presents two significant, unresolved issues affecting the interests of current and former CPCS clients who appear before the Parole Board. The SJC’s November 2, 2016, Read more