COMMONWEALTH v. J.F.

SJC-13334.

491 Mass. 824 (2023)

COMMONWEALTH v. J.F.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.

May 5, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick Levin , Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the defendant.

Arne Hantson , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae:

Alyssa Golden , Ann Maurer , Elizabeth Connor, & Leigh Woodruff for Community Legal Aid.

Mason A. Kortz , Tamara S. Wolfson , & Paul M. Kominers for Upturn, Inc.

Pauline Quirion for Greater Boston Legal Services & another.

Chinh H. Pham for Boston Bar Association.

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


On March 10, 2014, the defendant, J.F., was arraigned on two counts of rape while armed with a firearm, G. L. c. 265, § 22; one count of armed and masked robbery, G. L. c. 265, § 17; one count of armed kidnapping with sexual assault, G. L. c. 265, § 26; one count of assault with intent to rape, G. L. c. 265, § 24;...

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