Legal Opinion
Doe v. Commonwealth
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 17, 1985PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
A single justice of this court has reported to us a case that presents the question whether a complaint may be brought in the Superior Court against a juvenile for criminal contempt of an order entered in a Superior Court civil action. The juvenile moved in the Superior Court to dismiss the complaint, contending that the Commonwealth could only have proceeded against him as a delinquent child (G. L. c. 119, §§ 61, 74 [1984 ed.]), and that the Superior Court had no authority to consider the complaint for criminal contempt. A judge of the Superior Court denied the motion to dismiss. The…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Furtado v. FurtadoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Young v. KnightCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1959
- Opinion of the Justices to the House of RepresentativesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Walton Lunch Co. v. KearneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
- State v. DeLongSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1983
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BroganMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993
- Commonwealth v. GuilfoyleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1988
- Wilson v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1996
- In re a Care & Protection SummonsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
- Commonwealth v. Florence F.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1999
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