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Commonwealth v. Silva

Citations

  • 413 N.E.2d 349
  • 10 Mass. App. Ct. 784
  • 1980 Mass. App. LEXIS 1400

How courts have described this case

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  • “We . . . think that the prosecution’s defaults on discovery warranted an order of dismissal which would bar a subsequent indictment”
  • on appeal from Superior Court conviction, court reviewed trial judge’s denial of motion to dismiss indictment based on District Court judge’s previous dismissal of complaint
  • “In connection with that hearing, it is essential that the District Court have the power to enforce any of its orders which are reasonably designed to provide the means for intelligent consideration of probable cause . . . ”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Brown, Greaney, Kass

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