Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Rotonda
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 21, 2001PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCordy, J.
The Commonwealth challenges the lawfulness of the terms and conditions imposed by a District Court judge in a continuance without a finding disposition made pursuant to G. L. c. 278, § 18. It contends that such a continuance must include a condition of supervised probation, which this disposition did not, and also contends that it cannot be conditioned on the defendant’s payment of money to the complaining victim, *212where restitution was neither an issue nor documented. The Commonwealth urges this court to vacate the disposition of the District Court and remand the case for trial. For the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Commonwealth v. DuquetteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Barry v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Commonwealth v. BrandanoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1971
- Commonwealth v. GordonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1991
- Commonwealth v. NawnMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
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