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COMMONWEALTH v. COSTA

No. SJC-11828.

472 Mass. 139 (2015)

COMMONWEALTH v. LOUIS R. COSTA.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

July 9, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Apfel ( Katherine C. Sadeck with him) for the defendant.

John P. Zanini, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Benjamin H. Keehn, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for Committee for Public Counsel Services & another, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

John H. Cunha, Jr., & Charles Allan Hope, for James Costello, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

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

In Miller v. Alabama, 132 S.Ct. 2455, 2460 (2012) (Miller), the United States Supreme Court held that the imposition of mandatory life sentences without the possibility of parole on individuals who were under the age of eighteen at the time of their crimes (juvenile offenders) violates the...

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