COMMONWEALTH v. RALPH R.

SJC-13249.

490 Mass. 770 (2022)

COMMONWEALTH v. RALPH R., a juvenile.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.

November 10, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa M. Lana , Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the juvenile.

Monica J. DeLateur , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Chauncey B. Wood & Sara E. Silva , for Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers & others, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

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


The Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution and art. 12 of the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights guarantee a criminal defendant the right to a trial by a fair and impartial jury. The juvenile asserts that this right was twice undermined at his trial: first, when the judge failed to respond adequately to two jurors sleeping;...

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