Legal Opinion
Police Commissioner v. Municipal Court of Dorchester District
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 16, 1978PublishedCited by 95 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, J.
This case presents for decision an issue of first impression in this Commonwealth and one which is of great import to the administration of the system of juvenile justice. The issue is whether a judge of a Municipal Court, sitting in the capacity of a Juvenile Court judge, properly ordered the police department of Boston to expunge from its records fingerprints, photographs, and other records pertaining to the arrest of a juvenile when a delinquency proceeding against him had been dismissed with prejudice. The expungement order which issued also required that same police department to…
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