Legal Opinion
Jake J. v. Commonwealth
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 19, 2000PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtIreland, J.
The issues in this case arose when a Juvenile Court judge ordered a juvenile taken into custody for failing to obey school rules, but did not clarify whether her order resulted from the juvenile’s violation of conditions of probation or violation of conditions of bail. This uncertainty ultimately resulted in the appeal before us.
In Commonwealth v. Dodge, 428 Mass. 860, 864-866 (1999), we stated that a judge did not have authority under the general bail statute, G. L. c. 276, § 58, to set conditions for releasing a defendant on personal recognizance or bail. We added that other provisions of…
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