Legal Opinion
Lupi v. Commonwealth
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 17, 2001PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
The petitioner, Christian R. Lupi, appeals from a judgment of a single justice of this court denying his petition for relief under G. L. c. 211, § 3. Lupi alleged in his petition that any further prosecution of a criminal case pending against him in the District Court Department would violate double jeopardy principles. We affirm the single justice’s denial of the petition.
Lupi was charged in the Falmouth Division of the District Court Department with indecent assault and battery on a person age fourteen or over. G. L. c. 265, § 13H. On the day scheduled for trial, the proceeding began with…
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