RANDOLPH v. COMMONWEALTH

SJC-13033.

488 Mass. 1 (2021)

LEROY J. RANDOLPH v. COMMONWEALTH & another (and a consolidated case).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

July 16, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Traft for Leroy J. Randolph.

Erin D. Knight , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Dennis Shedd for Richard Randolph.

Present: Budd, C.J., Gaziano, Lowy, Cypher, Kafker, Wendlandt, & Georges, JJ.


In December 1986, Richard Randolph was convicted of murder in the first degree following the killing of Brian Golden. The petitioner in this case is Richard's nephew, Leroy J. Randolph.3 In 2020, Richard obtained a court order pursuant to G. L. c. 278A, § 7, requiring Leroy to submit a saliva sample for...

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