Legal Opinion
COMMONWEALTH v. J.G.
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided February 22, 2022PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
J.G., COMMONWEALTH vs., 100 Mass. App. Ct. 731
COMMONWEALTH vs. J.G.
100 Mass. App. Ct. 731
November 1, 2021 - February 22, 2022
Court Below: Juvenile Court, Franklin-Hampshire Counties
Present: Milkey, Kinder, & Sacks, JJ.
Youthful Offender Act. Rape. Practice, Criminal, Plea. Probable Cause. Statute, Construction. Words, "Serious bodily harm."
A Juvenile Court judge did not err in denying a sixteen year old juvenile's motion to dismiss a youthful offender indictment under G. L. c. 119, § 54, charging him with rape, where, looking to judicial interpretations of "serious bodily injury" to interpret…
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