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COMMONWEALTH v. JENKS

SJC-13016.

487 Mass. 1032 (2021)

COMMONWEALTH v. ALFRED JENKS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.

July 2, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The case was submitted on briefs.

Dennis M. Toomey for the defendant.

Kristen W. Jiang , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Anthony D. Mirenda , Neil Austin , Rachel Hutchinson , John Frank Weaver , & Madison F. Bader for Boston Bar Association, amicus curiae.

Ira L. Gant & Lisa M. Kavanaugh , Committee for Public Counsel Services, Sarah Carlow , of Connecticut, Radha Natarajan , Sharon Beckman , & Chauncey Wood for Committee for Public Counsel Services & others, amici curiae.

In this case, we are called upon once again to determine whether a defendant has met the modest threshold under G. L. c. 278A, § 3, to be entitled to a hearing on his motions for postconviction forensic testing. See, e.g., Commonwealth v. Williams, 481 Mass. 799, 804 (2019); Commonwealth v. Clark, 472 Mass. 120, 132 (2015); Commonwealth v. Wade, 467 Mass. 496...

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