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BRANGAN v. COMMONWEALTH

SJC-12232.

477 Mass. 691 (2017)

JAHMAL BRANGAN v. COMMONWEALTH.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

August 25, 2017.

Amended September 22, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Merritt Schnipper for the petitioner.

Amal Bala, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Shira Diner & Ryan M. Schiff, for Committee for Public Counsel Services, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: GANTS, C.J., HINES, GAZIANO, LOWY, BUDD, & CYPHER, JJ.

The practice of releasing a defendant on bail prior to trial has been part of Massachusetts law since its beginnings as a colony. See Commonwealth v. Baker, 343 Mass. 162, 165 (1961). The Body of Liberties (1641), the oldest known compilation of Massachusetts Colonial law, provided that...

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