COMMONWEALTH v. MERCIER

No. 14-P-550.

87 Mass. App. Ct. 809 (2015)

COMMONWEALTH v. MATTHEW MERCIER.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

August 7, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick Levin , Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the defendant.

Jessica Langsam , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: TRAINOR, AGNES, & BLAKE, JJ.


The principal issue raised by the defendant, Matthew Mercier, is whether his conviction in 2013 of raping his younger cousin on two occasions in 2008 must be vacated due to a jurisdictional defect at the outset of the case. In particular, he maintains that the case against him was commenced in the Juvenile Court Department by means of...

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