VASQUEZ v. COMMONWEALTH

SJC-12556.

481 Mass. 747 (2019)

PEDRO VASQUEZ v. COMMONWEALTH.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

March 28, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Merritt Schnipper for the defendant.

Katherine E. McMahon , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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


In this appeal we review and apply the legal standards for bail decisions in cases where the defendant has been charged with murder in the first degree and the judge must decide whether the defendant should be admitted to bail, or held without bail to assure the defendant's appearance at future court proceedings. The

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