Episode 347 - OADC Weekly Case Law Update

OADC Weekly Case Law Update

This podcast covers case summaries distributed on 1/17/2023.

Cases and Keywords with timestamps:

(02:20) Commonwealth v. Mattis, --- N.E.3d ----, 2024 WL 118188 (2024); The Massachusetts Supreme Court establishes that a life without parole sentence for people between the ages of 18 and 20 violates the cruel and unusual punishment clause of the Massachusetts Constitution.

(08:16) Johnson v. Bursek, 2024 CO 1 (January 16, 2024); Per-client fee to continue representation after attorney leaves firm violates public policy; Appellate courts must offer clear justification for addressing issues sua sponte.

(11:44) People v. Dye, 2024 CO 2 (January 16, 2024): The mechanics of raising alternate suspect defenses per Crim. P. 16(II)(c) and People v. Elmarr.

(17:12) People in Interest of CMWR, 2024COA4 (January 11, 2024); Courts must consider the factors in section 18-1-405(6)(g), when ruling on a prosecutor’s request to continue the trial in a juvenile adjudicatory action past the speedy trial deadline, without the juvenile’s consent.

(22:40) Johnson v McGrath, 2024COA5 (January 11, 2024); Imminent danger exception to three strikes bar on frivolous pleadings by incarcerated persons.

(24:21) People v. Sandoval, 20CA1285 (January 11, 2024); Factors evidencing probable cause for pat down and warrantless search.

(32:33) People v. Fechtlier, 22CA0019 (January 11, 2024); Summary denial of 35(b) motion without court’s factual findings or conclusions of law.

Links:

Johnson v. Bursek, 2024 CO 1

https://files.constantcontact.com/45bb5db5401/cb20a27c-871e-4279-b772-c08d256d140e.pdf?rdr=true

People v. Dye, 2024 CO 2

https://files.constantcontact.com/45bb5db5401/6994635f-df97-45fa-b487-d36eb4bb9c1c.pdf?rdr=true

People in Interest of CMWR 2024COA4

https://files.constantcontact.com/45bb5db5401/8199f5e1-40a8-4e5c-954d-9245f4ecee48.pdf?rdr=true

Johnson v McGrath, 2024COA5

https://files.constantcontact.com/45bb5db5401/3fb472be-e419-43c2-bba7-e865eb46bb70.pdf?rdr=true

Commonwealth v. Mattis, --- N.E.3d ----, 2024 WL 118188 (2024)

https://files.constantcontact.com/45bb5db5401/d61a23ee-19e8-409c-b24a-ee56c02e2a39.docx?rdr=true

Mattis briefs

Corrected Opening Brief

https://files.constantcontact.com/45bb5db5401/5ef3edac-5dca-457e-8567-9fcd5c39f836.docx?rdr=true

Government’s Brief

https://files.constantcontact.com/45bb5db5401/e4dfc234-c986-4f5f-b784-2606e3241651.docx?rdr=true

Mattis’s Reply Brief

https://files.constantcontact.com/45bb5db5401/dbef8021-1717-4f65-ad4d-de8c6db7d823.docx?rdr=true

Joint Reply Brief

https://files.constantcontact.com/45bb5db5401/26c9446d-7e09-43fe-ad91-77eb64121146.docx?rdr=true

Amicus briefs were submitted by:

(1) twenty-three retired Massachusetts judges, Boston Bar Association,

and Massachusetts Bar Association;

https://files.constantcontact.com/45bb5db5401/985118ae-45c7-4246-baa7-b373834c8071.docx?rdr=true

(2) seventeen neuroscientists, psychologists, and criminal justice scholars;

https://files.constantcontact.com/45bb5db5401/c2fdb52d-70dc-4b88-8e7a-b8e1051e3918.docx?rdr=true

(3) Sentencing Project, Juvenile Law Center, and Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center;

https://files.constantcontact.com/45bb5db5401/2a30dee3-e68c-48ee-9678-5266508e8280.docx?rdr=true

(4) the Committee for Public Counsel Services;

https://files.constantcontact.com/45bb5db5401/b589192d-6d08-47db-af63-5d1a532c6473.docx?rdr=true

(5) Boston University Center for Antiracist Research, Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality, Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law, and Criminal Justice Institute at Harvard Law School;

https://files.constantcontact.com/45bb5db5401/6018a2f1-62a9-453f-acc3-d402a5b7a71b.pdf?rdr=true

Rule Change 2024(01)

https://files.constantcontact.com/45bb5db5401/8ab48ec1-7a08-415e-9a2c-32c3f9db57bd.pdf?rdr=true

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