COMMONWEALTH v. VIEIRA

SJC-12696.

483 Mass. 417 (2019)

COMMONWEALTH v. CARLOS L. VIEIRA.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

October 22, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Catherine Langevin Semel , Assistant District Attorney ( Kimberly Faitella , Assistant District Attorney, also present) for the Commonwealth.

Gilbert F. Nason, Jr. , for the defendant.

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


General Laws c. 276, § 58A, permits the pretrial detention of a defendant, without bail, where the individual poses an ongoing danger such that "no conditions of release will reasonably assure the safety of any other person or the community." To be detained pursuant to a finding of dangerousness prior to trial, a defendant first must...

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