JOHNSON v. COMMONWEALTH


409 Mass. 712 (1991)

569 N.E.2d 790

DANTE L. JOHNSON vs. COMMONWEALTH & another (and a companion case).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

April 9, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew H. Feinberg (Matthew A. Kamholtz with him) for Dante L. Johnson.

Marina Medvedev, Assistant District Attorney (Brian Carney, Assistant District Attorney, with her) for the Commonwealth.

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


LIACOS, C.J.

This is a consolidated appeal by a defendant found delinquent by a jury in the appellate session of the Juvenile Court. The defendant appeals from his conviction and the decision of a single justice of this court relating to his petition for relief pursuant to G.L.c. 211, § 3 (1988 ed.). In his petition, the defendant challenges the jurisdiction of the Juvenile Court to accept a verdict after the defendant attained the age of eighteen and to commit...

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