Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Washington W.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 10, 2012PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGants, J.
The Commonwealth appeals from orders of a judge in the Juvenile Court dismissing two youthful offender indictments charging the juvenile with statutory rape. The judge ordered *205the dismissal after finding that the juvenile had suffered presumptive and actual prejudice from the “Commonwealth’s willful and repeated failure to comply with discovery orders.” We affirm the judge’s dismissal of the two indictments.
1. Background. The juvenile has Asperger’s Syndrome, as does the complainant. When the juvenile was in the ninth grade and the complainant in the seventh grade, the complainant became…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Commonwealth v. McCarthyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Commonwealth v. O'DELLMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- Commonwealth v. St. PierreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. MayfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
- Commonwealth v. CronkMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Commonwealth v. MogelinskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2013
- Commonwealth v. RexMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
- Felix F., a juvenile v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2015
- Commonwealth v. StevensonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2016
- Commonwealth v. GardnerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
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