BOONE v. COMMONWEALTH

SJC-13511.

494 Mass. 1011 (2024)

JAMES BOONE v. COMMONWEALTH.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.

May 13, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The case was submitted on briefs.

Melissa Allen Celli for the petitioner.


In 1980, Boone pleaded guilty to four counts of murder in the second degree, for which he was sentenced to four concurrent life sentences with the possibility of parole.1 In April 2022, he appeared pro se before the Massachusetts Parole Board (board) for a review hearing.2 The board denied parole with a review to be scheduled one year after the hearing, i.e., in April 2023. In its written decision, the board stated...

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