Legal Opinion
In the Matter of an Application for a Criminal Complaint
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 25, 2017No. SJC 12062PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The petitioner appeals from a judgment of the county court denying her petition for relief under G. L. c. 211, § 3. We affirm the judgment.
The petitioner, who was a Boston police officer, filed an application for a criminal complaint in the West Roxbury Division of the Boston Municipal Court (BMC), alleging that the respondent, her supervisor, committed an assault and battery against her. The respondent was the commander of the police station falling within that court’s jurisdiction. After a healing, a clerk-magistrate denied the application for lack of probable cause. G. L. c. 218, § 35A.…
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