Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Ira I.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 23, 2003PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtIreland, J.
In June, 2001, four middle school students were charged in the beating of a classmate. After an evidentiary hearing, a Juvenile Court judge suppressed statements made by the juveniles to the school’s assistant principal under the theory that the assistant principal’s “investigation . . . was under the guise of a governmental agency, ... no Miranda rights [were] given, [and] there was no opportunity for parental involvement.” The judge subsequently dismissed the cases without prejudice on the grounds that the Commonwealth failed to comply with discovery orders. A single justice of this court…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- New Jersey v. T. L. O.Supreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Davis v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
- Commonwealth v. YesilcimanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
- Commonwealth v. MoonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
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3Cited by22 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. GoodreauMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
- Commonwealth v. LaoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2011
- Commonwealth v. PillaiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2005
- Commonwealth v. CandelarioMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2006
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