LaChance v. Commonwealth

Edmund D. LaChance, Jr. (petitioner), appeals from the denial by a single justice of this court of a petition for review of bail under G. L. c. 211, § 3.1 *1014We dismiss the appeal as moot.

Following the petitioner’s arraignment on charges including aggravated rape, kidnapping, and assault by means of a dangerous weapon, a judge in the Superior Court ordered the petitioner detained pursuant to G. L. c. 276, § 58A, for a period not to exceed ninety days. More than ninety days after the effective date of that order, a bail hearing was held, see G. L. c. 276, §§ 57-58, and bail was set at $100,000…