| Docket # | SJC-10159 |
| Date | May 5, 2008 |
| Video | View oral argument with Windows Media Player |
Summary
(prepared by Suffolk University Law School) | Sentencing-- Where a court has sentenced a prisoner to a House of Correction, does the Sheriff of Middlesex County have the authority to place the prisoner in a home confinement program monitored by Global Positioning Satellite technology? |
| Appealed From | Middlesex Superior Court, Justice Diane M. Kottmyer |
| Briefs | See selection available in PDF format at Supreme Judicial Court website |
Counsel for Appellant
(Appearing) | Sheriff of Middlesex County: Thomas Drechsler, Kenneth H. Anderson, Steven J. Masse |
Counsel for Appellee
(Appearing) | Middlesex Superior Court: Randall E. Ravitz |
| Amici Curiae | Massachusetts Sheriffs; Massachusetts Sheriffs' Association; Committee for Public Counsel Services |
