DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE v. SORRENTINO


408 Mass. 340 (1990)

557 N.E.2d 1376

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE vs. GERARDO SORRENTINO.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

August 15, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin S. Nixon (Henry F. Owens, III, with him) for the defendant.

Rosanna Cavallaro, Assistant Attorney General, for the Department of Revenue.

Present: LIACOS, C.J., ABRAMS, NOLAN, O'CONNOR, & GREANEY, JJ.


O'CONNOR, J.

In this G.L.c. 209C (1988 ed.) action, a District Court judge found the defendant to be the father of a child born out of wedlock, and ordered the payment of child support. The defendant appealed to the Appeals Court. See Department of Revenue v. Jarvenpaa, 404 Mass. 177, 180-181 (1989). We transferred the appeal to this court on our own initiative, and now hold that the defendant is entitled to a retrial...

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