COMMONWEALTH v. COPSON


444 Mass. 609 (2005)

COMMONWEALTH vs. JASON COPSON.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

July 11, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory I. Massing, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Raymond Buso for the defendant.

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


COWIN, J.

The Commonwealth appealed from the allowance of the defendant's motion to dismiss an indictment charging him with breaking and entering in the nighttime with intent to commit a felony. The defendant successfully argued before a Superior Court judge that dismissal was required under the Interstate Agreement on Detainers (Agreement), St. 1965, c. 892, § 1, because the Commonwealth failed to bring him to trial within 180 days of having received his pro...

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