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ROBERIO v. MASSACHUSETTS PAROLE BOARD

SJC-12482.

483 Mass. 429 (2019)

Jeffrey S. ROBERIO, v. MASSACHUSETTS PAROLE BOARD.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

October 24, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin H. Keehn, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the plaintiff.

Matthew P. Landry, Assistant Attorney General, for the defendant.

Elizabeth Zito, of New York, Janie Y. Miller, of California, David J. Apfel, & Marielle Sanchez, for Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers & others, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

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

This case concerns whether retroactive application of a 1996 amendment to G. L. c. 127, § 133A (§ 133A), which prescribes parole eligibility conditions for prisoners serving life sentences, is an ex post facto violation, either on its face or as applied to the plaintiff, Jeffery S. Roberio.

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