COMMONWEALTH v. TERRELL

SJC-12915, SJC-12916.

486 Mass. 596 (2021)

COMMONWEALTH v. JORDEN TERRELL (and a companion case).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

January 19, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Katherine W. Briggs for Department of Youth Services.

Melissa Allen Celli for Gabriel Lopez.

Eva G. Jellison for Jorden Terrell.

Meredith Shih & Audrey Murillo , for Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

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


A Juvenile Court judge committed the defendants, both youthful offenders, to the custody of the Department of Youth Services (DYS or department) until the age of twenty-one. The judge additionally ordered DYS to "credit" the time that the two defendants had spent detained in DYS custody prior to being

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