Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 9/17/2010

Commonwealth v. Goodwin

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458 Mass. 11
933 N.E.2d 925
2010 Mass. LEXIS 643

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recognizing that judge may modify general or ambiguous probation terms to add \specificity or clarity\
Rule 12[c][2] applies where “a guilty plea is tendered in return for, and contingent on, a sentence recommendation”
\ankle bracelet . . . may . . . expos[e] the [individual] to persecution or ostracism\
addition of GPS conditions to sentence of probation in absence of change in circumstances impermissibly increases sentence and violates double jeopardy
“If a defendant violates one or more conditions of probation, a judge may revoke his probation . . . , or return the defendant to probation, with new or revised conditions” [emphasis added]
“primary purpose of [double jeopardy] is to protect the finality of judgments”

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