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Defendants urge finality of plea sentences as SJC weighs interpretation of §10(m)
Summary
Defense counsel told the Supreme Judicial Court that, even if the court finds statutory ambiguity or error, principles of finality and the interest of justice counsel affirming negotiated plea sentences because defendants have largely served them.
BOSTON — Lawyers for defendants in consolidated appeals told the Supreme Judicial Court that plea‑deal finality and the interest of justice should factor into any ruling that would render previously imposed sentences illegal.
Timothy St. Lawrence, representing Stefano Sikarakis, told the court that even if the justices determine the statutory language in G. L. c. 269, §10(m) produces illegal sentences, the court…
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