Felix F. v. Commonwealth
Annotate this CaseDefendant, a juvenile, was indicted as a youthful offender for possession of heroin with intent to distribute. Under the youthful offender statute, a juvenile may be prosecuted as an adult if the charge involves the “infliction or threat of serious bodily harm.” Defendant moved to dismiss the indictment, arguing that the Commonwealth presented insufficient evidence to the grand jury to establish this requirement where his offense was the mere possession of heroin with intent to distribute. The juvenile court denied the petition. The Supreme Judicial Court disagreed and reversed the decision of the single justice denying Defendant’s Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211, 3 petition, holding that evidence of the generalized potential for harm from the sale or use of heroin, without more, does not meet the probable cause standard for “infliction or threat of serious bodily harm.”
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