N.M. v. COMMONWEALTH

SJC-12152.

478 Mass. 89 (2017)

N.M., a juvenile v. COMMONWEALTH.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

October 10, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry C. Mezer ( Joseph J. Machera also present) for the juvenile.

Ronald E. DeRosa , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Robert E. McDonnell , Vanessa M. Brown , & Joshua Silverstein , for Youth Advocacy Division of the Committee for Public Counsel Services, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: GANTS, C.J., LENK, HINES, GAZIANO, LOWY, & BUDD, JJ.


Here we consider whether a juvenile, who has been indicted as a youthful offender, is entitled as of right to interlocutory review of a denial of a motion to dismiss that indictment. We also consider whether the youthful offender indictment in this case was sufficiently supported by probable cause. We conclude that a juvenile is not entitled...

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