COMMONWEALTH v. BRUNEAU

SJC-11820.

472 Mass. 510 (2015)

36 N.E.3d 3

COMMONWEALTH, v. PETER BRUNEAU.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

August 27, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rebecca A. Jacobstein , Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the defendant.

Jane Davidson Montori , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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


We are asked in this case to determine whether a defendant who has been found not guilty of murder in the second degree by reason of mental illness may appeal from his conviction pursuant to G. L. c. 278, § 28, or, whether, as the Commonwealth contends, the sole avenue by which such a defendant may seek to appeal is a petition filed...

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