Legal Opinion

COMMONWEALTH v. GARRETT VIL.

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided June 9, 2022Published

1Opinion of the Court

VIL, COMMONWEALTH vs., 101 Mass. App. Ct. 175

COMMONWEALTH vs. GARRETT VIL.

101 Mass. App. Ct. 175

February 2, 2022 - June 9, 2022

Court Below: Superior Court, Berkshire County

Present: Milkey, Desmond, & Lemire, JJ.

No. 19-P-1181.

Practice, Criminal, Speedy trial, Delay in commencement of prosecution. Constitutional Law, Speedy trial, Delay in commencement of prosecution. Due Process of Law, Delay in commencement of prosecution. Rules of Criminal Procedure.

A Superior Court judge erred in denying a criminal defendant's pretrial motion to dismiss the indictments against him based on a violation of…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Barry v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
  2. Commonwealth v. FarrisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
  3. Commonwealth v. SpauldingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
  4. Commonwealth v. LauriaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1991
  5. Commonwealth v. DenehyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2014

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