Guzman v. Commonwealth

In 2004, the Legislature enacted the Massachusetts Erroneous Convictions Law, G. L. c. 258D, inserted by St. 2004, c. 444, § 1, to provide monetary compensation and other relief to eligible persons wrongly convicted and incarcerated for felony offenses. The plaintiff, Humberto Guzman, whose convictions for drug trafficking and conspiracy were vacated after he served *467more than four years in prison, brought this lawsuit claiming that he was erroneously identified as the perpetrator of the crimes and is entitled to recover under the statute. A judge of the Superior Court granted summary judgment…