COMMONWEALTH v. DIBENEDETTO

SJC-13253.

491 Mass. 390 (2023)

COMMONWEALTH, v. FRANK DIBENEDETTO.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.

February 28, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ruth Greenberg , for the defendant.

Cailin M. Campbell , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae:

Travis H. Lynch , Assistant District Attorney, for District Attorney for the Hampden District.

Robert F. Hennessy , for Committee for Public Counsel Services.

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


In 1994, the defendant, who had been indicted, along with two codefendants, on two counts of murder in the first degree, and was to be tried jointly with one of his codefendants, was offered a "package deal" plea bargain. Under the terms of this offer, the defendant would have been able to plead guilty to manslaughter, but only if his...

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