Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Hatch
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 31, 2003PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpina, J.
General Laws c. 123, § 17 (b), provides that an incompetent defendant may “request an opportunity to offer a defense” to charges pending against him and states that “[i]f after hearing [the defendant’s] petition the court finds a lack of substantial evidence to support a conviction it shall dismiss the indictment or other charges.” In the present case, we clarify the scope of a hearing held pursuant to this statutory provision.
1. Factual and procedural background. On an unknown date between June 29, 1997, and July 5, 1997, the defendant, then sixteen years old, allegedly raped and committed…
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