Commonwealth v. Didas

In this case we return to St. 2012, c. 192, “An Act relative to sentencing and improving law enforcement tools” (Crime Bill). More specifically, we revisit the question whether certain provisions of the Crime Bill apply to drug crimes with which the defendant was charged before the statute’s effective date, but for which the defendant was not convicted until after the effective date. See Commonwealth v. Galvin, 466 Mass. 286 (2013). See also Commonwealth v. Bradley, 466 Mass. 551 (2013).

The Crime Bill had an emergency preamble and was effective on passage, which occurred on August 2, 2012.…