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COMMONWEALTH v. APONTE

391 Mass. 494 (1984)

462 N.E.2d 284

COMMONWEALTH vs. JOSE APONTE (and companion cases).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

March 19, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lila Heideman, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Daniel E. Callahan (Lawrence J. McGuire, Albert S. Conlon & Paul Morton with him) for the defendants.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., WILKINS, LIACOS, ABRAMS, & O'CONNOR, JJ.

LIACOS, J.

The Commonwealth has appealed from an order issued by a Superior Court judge dismissing indictments returned against fifteen Hispanic defendants by Essex County grand juries. Mass. R. Crim. P. 15 (b) (1), 378 Mass. 882 (1979). The judge granted the Commonwealth's motion to stay his order pending decision by an appellate court. We granted the Commonwealth's petition for direct appellate review.

Essex County grand juries returned indictments against...

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