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COMMONWEALTH v. JONES

SJC-12255.

478 Mass. 65 (2017)

COMMONWEALTH v. RICHARD JONES.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

October 4, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy A. Dolberg , Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the defendant.

David F. O'Sullivan , Assistant District Attorney ( Kimberly Faitella , Assistant District Attorney, also present) for the Commonwealth.

Meagen K. Monahan , Anthony D. Mirenda , Madeleine K. Rodriguez , Jeremy W. Meisinger , Stacy A. Malone , & Lindy L. Aldrich , for Victim Rights Law Center & others, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

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

The defendant appeals from his convictions stemming from his sexual abuse of his two daughters. He argues that (1) a Superior Court judge abused his discretion by refusing to issue summonses pursuant to Mass. R. Crim. P. 17 (a) (2), 378 Mass. 885 (1979), regarding the release of the mental health and counselling records of the younger of...

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