Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Adonis Carvajal

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided August 28, 2025No. SJC-13728Published

1Opinion of the Court

SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT

COMMONWEALTH vs. ADONIS CARVAJAL

Docket:

SJC-13728

Dates:

May 5, 2025 - August 28, 2025

Present:

Budd, C.J., Gaziano, Kafker, Wendlandt, Georges, Dewar, & Wolohojian, JJ.

County:

Essex

Keywords:

Rape. Youthful Offender Act. Deoxyribonucleic Acid. Evidence, Buccal swab. Search and Seizure, Buccal swab, Probable cause, Fruits of illegal search. Probable Cause. Constitutional Law, Probable cause. Practice, Criminal, Instructions to jury, Verdict. Words, "Serious bodily injury."

Indictments found and returned in the Essex County Division of the Juvenile Court Department on January 7,…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Nix v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  3. Commonwealth v. O'CONNORMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
  4. Commonwealth v. GaynorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2005
  5. Commonwealth v. LintonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2010

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