COMMONWEALTH v. URIAH U.

No. 19-P-1497.

100 Mass. App. Ct. 281 (2021)

COMMONWEALTH v. URIAH U., a juvenile (and a companion case).

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

September 27, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melissa Allen Celli, for Uriah U.

Leslie B. Salter for Adam A.

Audrey Anderson, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: Henry, Sacks, & Singh, JJ.


This case raises the question whether, when the Commonwealth charges a juvenile with escape from Department of Youth Services (DYS) custody pursuant to G. L. c. 120, § 26, the Commonwealth must prove that the juvenile was in lawful custody. We conclude that it must and accordingly...

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