Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Bernardo B.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 6, 2009PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, C.J.
On September 30, 2008, the Commonwealth appealed from an order and judgment of a single justice denying its petition pursuant to G. L. c. 211, § 3,1 to vacate a Juvenile Court judge’s pretrial discovery order. The order issued pursuant to Mass. R. Crim. P. 14 (a) (2),2 as appearing in 442 Mass. 1518 (2004), at the request of the juvenile male (boy), charged with nine counts of sexual offenses, including rape of a child, G. L. c. 265, § 23 (statutory rape),3 which the boy allegedly perpetrated against three female children, who were his friends. At the time of the alleged offenses, between…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Oyler v. BolesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Wayte v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Commonwealth v. KingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- United States v. BassSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
- Commonwealth v. FranklinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Doster v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2010
- Commonwealth v. SueroMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2013
- Commonwealth v. Washington W.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2012
- Commonwealth v. Wilbur W., a juvenileMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2018
- Commonwealth v. WASHINGTON W.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2010
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