Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Baez
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 23, 2018No. SJC 12394PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCypher, J.
**328 This case presents the question whether, in light of Miller v. Alabama , 567 U.S. 460 , 132 S.Ct. 2455 , 183 L.Ed.2d 407 (2012), juvenile delinquency adjudications for violent offenses may serve as predicate offenses for adults indicted under G. L. c. 269, § 10G, the armed career criminal act (ACCA). 1 We conclude that they may.
Background . At age eighteen, the defendant, Brandon Baez, was indicted for a violation of G. L. c. 269, § 10 ( a ), unlawful possession of a firearm. 2 If convicted, and if he had no qualifying convictions for sentence enhancement, he would "be punished by…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Miller v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
- Roper v. SimmonsSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
- Ewing v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- United States v. RodriquezSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
- Diatchenko v. District Attorney for the Suffolk DistrictMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2013
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