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COMMONWEALTH v. MORGAN

SJC-12114.

476 Mass. 768 (2017)

COMMONWEALTH v. JOEL D. MORGAN.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

April 18, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melissa Weisgold Johnsen , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Elizabeth Hugetz , Committee for Public Counsel Services ( Benjamin H. Keehn , Committee for Public Counsel Services, also present) for the defendant.

John C. Mooney , for John C. Mooney & another, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

Present (Sitting at Lawrence): GANTS, C.J., BOTSFORD, LENK, HINES, GAZIANO, LOWY, & BUDD, JJ.

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