Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Humberto H.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 26, 2013PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGants, J.
A Juvenile Court judge allowed the juvenile’s motion to dismiss a delinquency complaint charging one count of possession of a class D substance (marijuana) with intent to distribute after concluding that the complaint was not supported by probable cause that the juvenile intended to distribute the marijuana in his possession. The judge declared that, where a complaint is to be dismissed, he believed it “offensive to arraign a child . . . just to put it on the child’s record,” but concluded that he was obliged to arraign the juvenile before dismissing the complaint. The Commonwealth appealed…
2Cases cited44 opinions
- Brinegar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Commonwealth v. McCarthyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Commonwealth v. O'DELLMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- Boston Edison Co. v. Boston Redevelopment AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Commonwealth v. HasonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
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3Cited by37 opinions
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- Figgs v. Boston Housing AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014
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