COMMONWEALTH v. JAMES

SJC-13395.

493 Mass. 828 (2024)

COMMONWEALTH v. JOSEPH JAMES.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

April 23, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick Levin , Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the defendant.

Michael McGee , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: Budd, C.J., Gaziano, Kafker, Wendlandt, & Georges, JJ.


This case raises a question of statutory interpretation: whether a judge may issue a forfeiture decree for property seized pursuant to a search warrant under G. L. c. 276, § 3, based solely on the judge's determination forfeiture would be in the "public interest," or whether the judge...

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