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MATTER OF JUVENILE

SJC-12860.

485 Mass. 831 (2020)

IN THE MATTER OF A JUVENILE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

October 1, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert F. Hennessy for the defendant.

Tara L. Johnston , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Sarah Spofford , Committee for Public Counsel Services, for youth advocacy division of the Committee for Public Counsel Services & others, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

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

The issue in this case is whether due process permits a Juvenile Court judge to conduct a transfer hearing pursuant to G. L. c. 119, § 72A, where the defendant, now an adult, is incompetent to stand trial for a crime allegedly committed as a juvenile. We conclude that it does not and that...

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