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Under the Brandano procedure, the judge would reject the plea of guilty, offer pre-trial probation, continue the case for a period of two years and ultimately dismiss the case without a final finding...
...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 admitted guilt...
According to the Brandano procedure, the lawyers argued, the court has the authority to reject a plea of guilty, offer pre-trial probation to the defendants, continue the case for a period of two years and ultimately dismiss the case without a final finding...
Much of the evidence newly disclosed in the legal motion filed with the court comes from the depositions of dozens of witnesses completed as part of pre-trial procedures...
...pre-trial hearing for the case has been postponed several times and is currently scheduled for June...