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COMMONWEALTH v. HUACON

SJC-13466.

494 Mass. 1009 (2024)

COMMONWEALTH v. ARMANI HUACON.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.

May 7, 2024.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin L. Falkner ( Andrew H. Zeiberg also present) for the defendant.

Kristen W. Jiang , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Sarah LoPresti, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for youth advocacy division of the Committee for Public Counsel Services, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

This is one of two cases we decide today regarding a court's authority to order competency remediation. Armani Huacon was apprehended after shooting the victim in the face during the attempted commission of a robbery. He was charged as a youthful offender and has since been found incompetent by the Juvenile Court on multiple occasions. This case is before us on two questions reported by the Juvenile Court judge.

Facts. The charges against Huacon, originally charged...

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