FINN v. COMMONWEALTH

SJC-12687.

482 Mass. 817 (2019)

JAMES FINN v. COMMONWEALTH.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

August 13, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa S. Core for the petitioner.

Catherine P. Sullivan , Assistant District Attorney ( Christina P. Ronan , Assistant District Attorney, also present) for the Commonwealth.

Benjamin H. Keehn & Rebecca Kiley , 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.


In this case, we consider whether G. L. c. 276, § 58A, allows the Commonwealth to seek a dangerousness hearing when a defendant appears before a Superior Court judge for arraignment pursuant to a postindictment summons, rather than an arrest warrant. We conclude that the language of the statute permits a Superior Court judge to...

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