Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Tejeda

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided March 29, 2019No. SJC 12593PublishedCited by 3 opinions

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…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. GoodwinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2010
  2. Commonwealth v. DeJesusMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2003
  3. Commonwealth v. AmiraultMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993
  4. Commonwealth v. McGuinnessMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
  5. Commonwealth v. BarclayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Committee for Public Counsel Services v. Chief Justice of the Trial CourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2020
  2. Commonwealth v. HayesMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2026
  3. Commonwealth v. TylerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2024

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