COMMONWEALTH v. ULANI U.

SJC-12986.

487 Mass. 203 (2021)

COMMONWEALTH v. ULANI U., a juvenile, & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

April 12, 2021.

Amended April 23, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph N. Schneiderman for the juvenile.

Katherine E. Burdick , for Juvenile Law Center, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Melissa Allen Celli , for youth advocacy division of the Committee for Public Counsel Services & others, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

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


This case concerns the application of the rules of criminal procedure regarding criminal contempt, Mass. R. Crim. P. 43 and 44, and their use in the Juvenile Court. See Mass. R. Crim. P. 43, as appearing in 466 Mass. 1501 (2013); Mass. R. Crim. P. 44, 378 Mass. 920 (1979). The sixteen year old juvenile was before the Juvenile Court judge...

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