COMMONWEALTH v. OLIVEIRA

SJC-11972, SJC-11973.

474 Mass. 10 (2016)

COMMONWEALTH v. JEMAUL R. OLIVEIRA (and a companion case).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

March 28, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Yul-mi Cho , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Patrick Levin , Committee for Public Counsel Services, for Jemaul R. Oliveira.

Christopher DeMayo for Mitchell T. Violet.

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


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