PARREIRA v. COMMONWEALTH

No. SJC-10976.

462 Mass. 667 (2012)

ANTHONY PARREIRA v. COMMONWEALTH.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

July 9, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Estera Halpern for the defendant.

Casey E. Silvia , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: IRELAND, C.J., SPINA, CORDY, BOTSFORD, GANTS, DUFFLY, & LENK, JJ.


LENK, J.

We are asked to decide whether Anthony Parreira (defendant), whose guilty plea was vacated as the product of judicial coercion, may be retried consistent with principles of double jeopardy. Because the circumstances of the trial do not support an inference that the trial judge acted out of a desire to preempt an acquittal by the jury, and because the Commonwealth presented sufficient evidence to support a conviction on both charges, we conclude that retrial...

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