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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...
...criminal penalty for larceny over $250 in Massachusetts is up to five years in prison and restitution to the victim. However, lawyers for Gomes and Pomey argued Friday that Agnes should follow the precedent of Commonwealth v. Brandano, a 1971 Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court case. Under that procedure, the court would reject Gomes’ and Pomey’s guilty pleas, give them pre-trial probation and continue the case for two years before dismissing it. In short, the Brandano procedure would mean no jail time and no recorded conviction for either Gomes or Pomey, in spite of their...
...Commonwealth does object in this case and the defendants’ lawyers argued that Tim T. should not apply...