Legal Opinion
Ward v. Commonwealth
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 16, 1990PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, C.J.
A judge of the Lowell Division of the District Court Department, Juvenile Session, after a hearing conducted pursuant to G. L. c. 119, § 61 (1988 ed.), dismissed the juvenile complaint, and ordered the juvenile (petitioner) to be arraigned on an adult complaint alleging murder. The petitioner subsequently was indicted for murder in the first degree. A judge in the Superior Court denied the petitioner’s motion to dismiss. The petitioner then sought relief from a single justice of the Supreme Judicial Court for the county of Suffolk. G. L. c. 211, § 3 (1988 ed.). He now appeals from an order of…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Commonwealth v. WatsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Commonwealth v. CostelloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- Letch v. DanielsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
- Commonwealth v. MatthewsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
- A Juvenile v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BerryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
- Commonwealth v. Vao SokMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
- Commonwealth v. WAYNE W.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993
- D.D.P. v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1991
- Commonwealth v. WardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
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