COMMONWEALTH v. DIDAS

No. SJC-11712.

471 Mass. 1 (2015)

COMMONWEALTH v. DAMIEN DIDAS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

March 13, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bethany Stevens , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Arnold A. Blank, Jr. , Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the defendant.

Barbara J. Dougan , for Families Against Mandatory Minimums, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: GANTS, C.J., SPINA, CORDY, BOTSFORD, DUFFLY, LENK, & HINES, JJ.


In this case we return to St. 2012, c. 192, "An Act relative to sentencing and improving law enforcement tools" (Crime Bill). More specifically, we revisit the question whether certain provisions of the Crime Bill apply to drug crimes with which the defendant was charged before the statute's effective date, but for which the defendant...

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