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COMMONWEALTH v. ORBIN O.

SJC-12314.

478 Mass. 759 (2018)

COMMONWEALTH v. ORBIN O., a juvenile.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Berkshire.

February 5, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kyle G. Christensen , Assistant District Attorney ( Joseph A. Pieropan , Assistant District Attorney, also present) for the Commonwealth.

Afton M. Templin for the juvenile.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae: Miriam H. Ruttenberg , Jennifer Honig, & Phillip Kassel for Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee & others.

Ryan M. Schiff , Committee for Public Counsel Services, & Joseph N. Schneiderman for Youth Advocacy Division of the Committee for Public Counsel Services.

Daniel F. Conley , District Attorney for the Suffolk District, & John P. Zanini , Assistant District Attorney, for District Attorney for the Suffolk District.

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

In Commonwealth v. Newton N., 478 Mass. 747, 748 (2018), also decided today, in which a police officer applied for and obtained a delinquency complaint, we held that, "where a prosecutor exercises his or her discretion to proceed to arraignment on a delinquency complaint supported by...

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