Legal Opinion
CHARLES C. v. Commonwealth
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 20, 1993PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, J.
At issue in this case are the portions of St. 1991, c. 488, § 3, which amended G. L. c. 119, § 61, the statute concerning the disposition of certain juvenile matters, to read as follows:
“If the offense alleged [against a child who is fourteen years or older] is murder in the first or second degree, the commonwealth may proceed by filing a complaint in juvenile court or in a juvenile session of a district court, as the case may be, or by filing an indictment in such court. In such proceedings initiated by the filing of a complaint, a probable cause [Part A] hearing shall be held within the…
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