COMMONWEALTH v. BERNARDO B., A JUVENILE

SJC-10293

453 Mass. 158 (2009)

COMMONWEALTH v. BERNARDO B., a juvenile.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

February 6, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Sheehan, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Janice Bassil (Michael J. Traft with her) for the juvenile.

Corinne Schiff, Mie Lewis, & Lenora M. Lapidus, of New York, & Sarah Wunsch for American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Massachusetts & others, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

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


MARSHALL, C.J.

On September 30, 2008, the Commonwealth appealed from an order and judgment of a single justice denying its petition pursuant to G. L. c. 211, § 3,1 to vacate a Juvenile Court judge's pretrial discovery order. The order issued pursuant to Mass. R. Crim. P. 14 (a) (2),2 as appearing in 442 Mass. 1518 (2004), at the request of the juvenile male (boy), charged with nine counts of sexual offenses...

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