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COMMONWEALTH v. FONTANEZ

No. SJC-11887.

473 Mass. 1021 (2016)

COMMONWEALTH, vs. JOSE M. FONTANEZ.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.

February 3, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donna Jalbert Patalano , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Justin Kyle Brown , Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the defendant.

This case is before us on a reservation and report from a single justice of the county court. It concerns the same single issue that we address in Commonwealth v. Morales, 473 Mass. 1019 (2016), also decided today: whether a court has the authority to revoke a defendant's bail pursuant to G. L. c. 276, § 58, where the defendant was "on release," defaulted by failing to appear, and later was charged with committing a new crime.

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