CARVER v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION

SJC-13247.

491 Mass. 608 (2023)

JAMES CARVER v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.

April 3, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sharon L. Sullivan-Puccini for the plaintiff.

Scott McLean for the defendants.

Mara Voukydis , Committee for Public Counsel Services, Tatum A. Pritchard , Jacob Addelson , David Milton , Lauren Petit , & Ada Lin , for Prisoners' Legal Services of Massachusetts & others, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

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


James Carver, the plaintiff, currently is serving fifteen life sentences for murder in the second degree. Commonwealth v. Carver, 33 Mass.App.Ct. 378, 379, 389 (1992). In 2020, the plaintiff submitted a petition requesting medical parole pursuant to G. L. c. 127, §...

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