Commonwealth v. Lester L.

This matter, here on a reservation and report by a single justice of this court on the Commonwealth’s petition under G. L. c. 211, § 3, requires us to interpret the provision in G. L. c. 276, § 58A, that authorizes limited continuances of dangerousness hearings for pretrial detention. After a Juvenile *251Court judge granted the Commonwealth’s request to continue a hearing for pretrial detention, she released the juvenile on bail pending that hearing, prompting the Commonwealth to file the instant petition. The single justice reserved and reported the following questions to the full court:(1) How…