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COMMONWEALTH v. TIM T., A JUVENILE

437 Mass. 592 (2002)

COMMONWEALTH v. TIM T., a juvenile.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

August 23, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles W. Rankin (Catherine J. Hinton with him) for the juvenile.

Katharine B. Folger, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Donald S. Bronstein, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for Committee for Public Counsel Services, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Richard M. Egbert, for Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: MARSHALL, C.J., GREANEY, IRELAND, SPINA, COWIN, SOSMAN, & CORDY, JJ.

SOSMAN, J.

A judge in the juvenile session of the District Court reported three questions to the Appeals Court:

"1. Pursuant to G. L. c. 276, § 87 and using the procedure described in Commonwealth v. Brandano, 359 Mass. 332 (1971), may a court place a criminal defendant on pretrial probation for a period of years, with dismissal at the end of the probationary...

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