COMMONWEALTH v. RUIZ

No. SJC-12404.

480 Mass. 683 (2018)

COMMONWEALTH, v. BERNIE RUIZ.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

October 11, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Sheppard-Brick , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Patrick A. Michaud for the respondent.

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


Once again we have occasion to interpret G. L. c. 279, § 25 (a) (§ 25 [a]), which requires that a "habitual criminal" — a defendant who has been convicted of a felony and has two prior convictions resulting in State or Federal prison sentences of three years or more — be sentenced to the maximum term...

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