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VEGA v. COMMONWEALTH

SJC-13182.

490 Mass. 226 (2022)

JORGE L. VEGA v. COMMONWEALTH (and a consolidated case).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.

July 11, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey A. Garland , Committee for Public Counsel Services ( Patrick Levin , Committee for Public Counsel Services, also present) for Jorge L. Vega.

Mackenzie Slyman & Abigail H. Salois , Assistant District Attorneys, for the Commonwealth.

Darren T. Griffis , for Bob Nuah, was present but did not argue.

Joshua M. Daniels & Lisa J. Steele , for Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Katharine Naples-Mitchell , for Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

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

These cases concern whether a person charged with unlawful possession of a firearm may be held without bail under G. L. c. 276, § 58A, which provides for the pretrial detention of defendants deemed a danger to an individual or the community. The statute applies only to defendants accused of the criminal activity specified in G. L....

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