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COMMONWEALTH v. BARROS

SJC-13506.

494 Mass. 100 (2024)

COMMONWEALTH v. NELSON BARROS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

June 3, 2024.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Crane for the defendant.

Alysia V. Sanchez, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Rebecca Kiley & Wendy S. Wayne, Committee for Public Counsel Services, Hannah L. Kilson, & Chauncey Wood, for Committee for Public Counsel Services & others, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

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

Under art. 12 of the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights, a criminal defendant's waiver of the right to counsel must be made knowingly and intelligently, with "adequate[] aware[ness] of [(1)] the seriousness of the charges, [(2)] the magnitude of [the] undertaking, [(3)] the availability of advisory...

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