This case is before us on a reservation and report from a single justice of the county court. It concerns a court's authority to revoke a defendant's bail pursuant to G. L. c. 276, § 58, where the defendant who was "on release" defaulted by failing to appear in court and later was charged with committing a new crime. A judge in the Boston Municipal Court concluded that a defendant in these circumstances is no longer "on release" and denied the Commonwealth's motion to...
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