Commonwealth v. Tejeda
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
1Opinion of the CourtLowy, J.
**794 The issue before us is whether a judge may allow a defendant's motion to revise and revoke a sentence under Mass. R. Crim. P. 29 (a) (2), as appearing in 474 Mass. 1503 (2016), based upon the disparity between the defendant's sentence and a coventurer's sentence subsequently imposed by a different judge. Although generally motions to revise and revoke sentences must be based on facts as they existed at the time of sentencing, today we recognize a limited exception that allows judges to consider a coventurer's sentence for the same crime even if imposed subsequent to the defendant's…
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- Commonwealth v. AmiraultMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993
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- Commonwealth v. BarclayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
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