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Commonwealth v. Henry

Citations

  • 475 Mass. 117
  • 55 N.E.3d 943
  • 2016 Mass. LEXIS 592

How courts have described this case

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  • “imposing restitution that the defendant will be unable to pay violates the fundamental principle that a criminal defendant should not face additional punishment solely because of his or her poverty”
  • \[B]asic fairness forbids the revocation of probation when the probationer is without fault in his failure to pay [a] fine\
  • \the amount of restitution may not exceed the victim's actual loss\
  • probation violation must be willful

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Judges: Gants, Spina, Cordy, Botsford, Duffly, Lenk, Hines

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