COMMONWEALTH v. PON.

SJC-11542

469 Mass. 296 (2014)

COMMONWEALTH v. PETER PON.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

August 15, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pauline Quirion ( Susan Malouin with her) for the defendant.

Donna Jalbert Patalano , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Rahsaan D. Hall , for Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice & another, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

Rebecca A. Jacobstein , for Committee for Public Counsel Services & another, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: IRELAND, C.J., SPINA, CORDY, BOTSFORD, GANTS, DUFFLY, & LENK, JJ.


CORDY, J.

Under G. L. c. 276, § 100C, second par., inserted by St. 1973, c. 322, § 1, a former criminal defendant whose case resulted in the entry of a nolle prosequi or a dismissal may obtain discretionary sealing of his or her criminal record where a judge determines that "substantial justice would best be served" by sealing. This provision, which is part of the over-all criminal offender record information (CORI) statutory scheme, is intended to enable...

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