Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Cronk
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 12, 1985PublishedCited by 100 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, C.J.
In this case a District Court judge ordered that a criminal complaint be dismissed with prejudice because of the Commonwealth’s failure to comply with discovery orders. Subsequently the judge entered a second order that the dismissal order be vacated. We conclude that, because the Commonwealth’s appeal of the District Court judge’s order was entered in the Appeals Court 1 prior to the judge’s second order, the District Court judge was without jurisdiction to re-, consider his earlier action on the matter. We remand the matter to the District Court judge, however, for reconsideration of his…
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- Commonwealth v. ManningMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
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