Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Mogelinkski
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 13, 2015No. SJC 11856PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLenk, J.
In this case, we address an issue precipitated by our decision in Commonwealth v. Mogelinski, 466 Mass. 627 (2013) (Mogelinski I). There, we decided, among other things, that the Juvenile Court did not have jurisdiction over youthful offender indictments, G. L. c. 119, § 54, that issued after the defendant’s eighteenth birthday, notwithstanding the prior existence of timely filed delinquency complaints, involving much the same facts, on which nolle prosequi was subsequently entered. In the wake of our decision, the youthful offender indictments were dismissed. The Commonwealth thereafter…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Hanlon v. RollinsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
- Commonwealth v. BrandanoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1971
- Commonwealth v. BentonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1969
- Commonwealth v. MogelinskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2013
- Commonwealth v. Humberto H.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2013
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- J.H. v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2018
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- COMMONWEALTH v. FAYAD F., a JuvenileMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2025
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