COMMONWEALTH v. LOUGEE

SJC-12949, SJC-12950, SJC-12955.

485 Mass. 70 (2020)

COMMONWEALTH v. CAMERON LOUGEE. COMMONWEALTH v. SHAMUS HORTON. COMMONWEALTH v. SCOTT SMITH.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

June 22, 2020.

Corrected July 3, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shoshana E. Stern & Catherine Langevin Semel , Assistant District Attorneys, & Andrea C. Harrington , District Attorney ( Tara B. Ganguly , Assistant District Attorney, also present) for the Commonwealth.

Patrick Levin , Committee for Public Counsel Services, for Cameron Lougee.

Brian J. Anderson ( Andrew H. Zeiberg also present) for Shamus Horton.

Joseph N. Schneiderman for Scott Smith.

Michael W. Morrissey , District Attorney, & Pamela Alford , Assistant District Attorney, for district attorney for the Norfolk district, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Reyna M. Ramirez & Christine Sunnerberg, pro se, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

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


In response to the community spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Commonwealth, this court exercised its rule-making and superintendence authority to issue a series of emergency orders designed to protect the public health and reduce the spread of disease by minimizing the need for in-person proceedings at court houses. On March 13...

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