COMMONWEALTH v. CALIZ

SJC-12932.

486 Mass. 888 (2021)

COMMONWEALTH v. BRAULIO CALIZ.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

February 23, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Molly Ryan Strehorn for the defendant.

John A. Wendel , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Chauncey B. Wood , Anthony D. Mirenda , Caroline S. Donovan , Christopher E. Hart , Samuel C. Bauer , Emily J. Nash , & Rachel Davidson , for Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

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


The defendant, Braulio Caliz, argues he is entitled to mandatory credit for time he served on a drug conviction that was vacated after the now-infamous scandal at the State Laboratory Institute in Amherst at the campus of the University of Massachusetts (Amherst lab) came to light. See generally Committee for Pub. Counsel Servs....

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