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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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