COMMONWEALTH v. DIGGS

SJC-12008, SJC-12009.

475 Mass. 79 (2016)

54 N.E.3d 1115

COMMONWEALTH v. MARCEL A. DIGGS. COMMONWEALTH v. DAMIANE K. SOTO.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

July 29, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Crane for the defendants.

Jamie Michael Charles , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Timothy J. Cruz , District Attorney, & Robert C. Thompson , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

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


The defendants, Marcel A. Diggs and Damiane K. Soto, challenge orders for pretrial detention imposed by District Court judges after hearings at which the judges concluded that each defendant was dangerous within the meaning of G. L. c. 276, § 58A (dangerousness statute). Under that statute, a person "held under arrest" on charges...

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