Commonwealth v. Clerk of the Boston Division of the Juvenile Court Department
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
The following submitted briefs for amici curiae:
1Opinion of the CourtAbrams, J.
Pursuant to G. L. c. 211, § 3, the Commonwealth appeals from a single justice’s denial of its request for an order requiring the first assistant clerk-magistrate (magistrate) of the Boston Juvenile Court to either grant or deny its request for criminal process to issue against a juvenile under G. L. c. 218, § 35A. The magistrate had declined to grant or deny the request but had held the application “open” in contemplation of dismissal. The magistrate also had ordered the juvenile to comply with certain conditions during the time period that the application was kept pending. On appeal the…
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