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Lawyers for Pomey and Gomes had asked to follow a procedure outlined in a 1971 Mass. Supreme Judicial Court decision, Commonwealth v. Brandano, which would effectively prevent a conviction from appearing on their criminal records...
...Administrative Board of the College will conduct its own review of the matter to vindicate the College’s rules (just as the court has now acted to vindicate the laws of the commonwealth),” the administrator wrote in an e-mail...
Judge Agnes’ ruling is a significant addition to the case law regarding the authority of a judge to dismiss a case over the objections of the Commonwealth...
...Bedrosian argued that although Brandano allows a judge to reject a guilty plea, an Aug. 23 decision by the Supreme Judicial Court, Commonwealth v. Tim T., said a judge could not do so over the objections of the Commonwealth...
...Commonwealth did object in Gomes and Pomey’s case, but the defendants’ lawyers argued that Tim T. should not apply...