GUZMAN v. COMMONWEALTH

No. SJC-10563.

458 Mass. 354 (2010)

HUMBERTO GUZMAN v. COMMONWEALTH.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

November 23, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Catherine E. Sullivan, Assistant Attorney General ( Gwen A. Werner, Assistant Attorney General, with her) for the Commonwealth.

Steven J. Rappaport for the plaintiff.

David M. Siegel, for New England Innocence Project, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: MARSHALL, C.J., IRELAND, SPINA, CORDY, BOTSFORD, & GANTS, JJ.


CORDY, J.

In this case, we interpret one of the eligibility provisions of the recently enacted Massachusetts Erroneous Convictions Law, which provides legal redress to certain individuals who can show that they have been wrongfully convicted of a felony and incarcerated. See G. L. c. 258D (c. 258D). The plaintiff, Humberto Guzman, whose convictions of trafficking, distribution, and conspiracy to distribute cocaine were vacated...

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