Legal Opinion

Allen v. Commonwealth

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided June 20, 2007PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Jemald Allen appeals from a judgment of the county court denying his petition under G. L. c. 211, § 3, in which he sought review of a Superior Court judge’s decision to revoke bail pending trial on an indictment charging Allen with murder in the first degree. The Commonwealth has moved to dismiss the appeal as moot. We agree with the Commonwealth.

After the single justice denied relief, Allen was convicted on an unrelated indictment charging him with certain drug offenses and sentenced to consecutive terms in the State prison, which sentence he is currently serving. Thus, even if bail were…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. GomesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
  2. Guardianship of NolanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
  3. LaChance v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
  4. Commonwealth v. ResendeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Almahdi v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2007

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