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COMMONWEALTH v. BRENDAN J. GARAFALO (And Nine Companion Cases)

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided May 2, 2025No. SJC-13652Published

1Opinion of the Court

SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT

COMMONWEALTH vs. BRENDAN J. GARAFALO (and nine companion cases[1])

Docket:

SJC-13652

Dates:

January 6, 2025 - May 2, 2025

Present:

Budd, C.J., Gaziano, Kafker, Wendlandt, & Georges, JJ.

County:

Plymouth

Keywords:

Trafficking. Prostitution. Attempt. Statute, Construction. Probable Cause. Practice, Criminal, Dismissal. Words, "Obtain by any means," "Entice," "Recruit."

Indictments found and returned in the Superior Court Department on October 15, 2021.

Motions to dismiss were heard by Maynard M. Kirpalani, J.

After review by the Appeals Court, 104 Mass. App. Ct. 161 (2024), the Supreme…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Dole v. United SteelworkersSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  2. Department of Housing and Urban Development v. RuckerSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
  3. Commonwealth v. McCarthyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
  4. Commonwealth v. PeasleeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1901
  5. Globe Newspaper Co. v. Boston Retirement BoardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983

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