COMMONWEALTH v. WENTWORTH

SJC-12633.

482 Mass. 664 (2019)

COMMONWEALTH v. EZARA WENTWORTH.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Worcester.

July 24, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jessica LaClair for the defendant.

Donna-Marie Haran , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Patrick Levin , Committee for Public Counsel Services, for Committee for Public Counsel Services, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

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


This case presents an opportunity to clarify the application of the Massachusetts armed career criminal act (ACCA), G. L. c. 269, § 10G. Specifically, we address whether the "modified categorical approach," as discussed in our recent cases, is the appropriate analytical framework, in certain statutes, when determining whether a predicate...

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