Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Clark
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 25, 1980PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, C.J.
The defendant, Thomas C. Clark, alleges violations of double jeopardy and procedural due process in the context of his 1972 juvenile delinquency proceeding pursuant to G. L. c. 119, §§ 52-84. We conclude that the defendant has failed to demonstrate error under the law existing at the time of the juvenile hearing in a District Court. We therefore affirm the'subsequent judgment in the Superior Court pursuant to the defendant’s plea of guilty of murder in the second degree.
A brief summary of the juvenile proceeding is in order. The defendant, who was sixteen years old at the time of the…
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