COMMONWEALTH v. LEGGETT

No. 10-P-1092.

82 Mass. App. Ct. 730 (2012)

COMMONWEALTH v. LAVAR LEGGETT.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

November 14, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Colleen A. Tynan for the defendant.

Zachary Hillman , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: BERRY, COHEN, & SIKORA, JJ.


SIKORA, J.

This appeal requires us to measure a reconstructed sentencing scheme against the standards of the prohibition against double jeopardy. After service of a portion of his original sentencing program upon four related convictions, the defendant moved successfully for resentencing by a different judge. He contends that the resulting scheme punishes him twice for two of the convictions and thereby violates...

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