Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. a Juvenile
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided June 24, 1983PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWarner, J.
The Commonwealth appeals from the dismissal by the Superior Court of an indictment charging the defendant with armed robbery. The indictment was dis missed on the ground that the Boston Juvenile Court lacked jurisdiction under G. L. c. 119, §§ 61, 72 and 72A, to bind the defendant over to the Superior Court after his eighteenth birthday, and on the alternative ground that the Juvenile Court findings in support of the transfer were insufficient.
The defendant was arrested on October 2, 1979, when he was sixteen years and eleven months old, 2 for the crime 3 later charged in the indictment.…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination v. Liberty Mutual InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- Bell v. Treasurer of CambridgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
- Prudential Insurance Co. of America v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- Morrison v. Selectmen of WeymouthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
- Stokes v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Kent v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
- Commonwealth v. DislerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2008
- Commonwealth v. MogelinskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2013
- Commonwealth v. BousquetMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
- Brittle v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2003
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