Legal Opinion
Santiago v. Commonwealth
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 14, 1998PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtIreland, J.
A jury in the Boston Juvenile Court found Felix Santiago (defendant) delinquent by reason of several charges, including murder in the first degree.1 The charges stemmed from a criminal episode that occurred on June 5, 1994, when the defendant was sixteen years old.2 At that time, the Juvenile Court’s jurisdiction over the defendant, while the case against *299him was pending, extended until his nineteenth birthday. See G. L. c. 119, § 72, as amended through St. 1992, c. 398, §§ 4, 5 (“Nothing [in G. L. c. 119] shall. . . give any division of the juvenile court department any power or authority…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Collins v. YoungbloodSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Commonwealth v. SantiagoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
- Commonwealth v. DavisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. BargeronMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1988
- Nantucket Conservation Foundation, Inc. v. Russell Management, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
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3Cited by70 opinions
- Commonwealth v. GrandisonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001
- Commonwealth v. BrunoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000
- Commonwealth v. DegroMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000
- Santiago v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
- Commonwealth v. SimpsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001
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