{"id":213,"date":"2013-11-22T05:56:12","date_gmt":"2013-11-22T05:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.massachusettscriminaldefenselawyerblog.com\/2013\/11\/sjc-applies-school-zone-reduct.html"},"modified":"2013-11-22T05:56:12","modified_gmt":"2013-11-22T05:56:12","slug":"sjc-applies-school-zone-reduct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/sjc-applies-school-zone-reduct\/","title":{"rendered":"Massachusetts School Zone Drug Law applies retroactively SJC rules in Commonwealth v. Bradley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled yesterday that the School Zone statute amendment applies to pending cases.  Last year the legislature reduced the scope of the school zone statute by requiring the drug distribution crime to be within 300 feet of a school zone rather than a thousand feet from the school.  The issue that arise for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/drug-crimes.html\">Brockton Criminal Defense Lawyers<\/a> was whether this new law applied to pending cases brought before the change in the law.  The SJC answered that it did in the case of <a href=\"http:\/\/weblinks.westlaw.com\/result\/default.aspx?action=Search&amp;cnt=DOC&amp;db=MA%2DORSLIP&amp;eq=search&amp;fmqv=c&amp;fn=%5Ftop&amp;method=TNC&amp;mt=Westlaw&amp;n=1&amp;origin=Search&amp;query=TO%28ALLSCT+ALLSCTRS+ALLSCTOJ%29&amp;rlt=CLID%5FQRYRLT91158435142211&amp;rltdb=CLID%5FDB27628425142211&amp;rlti=1&amp;rp=%2Fsearch%2Fdefault%2Ewl&amp;rs=MAOR1%2E0&amp;service=Search&amp;sp=MassOF%2D1001&amp;srch=TRUE&amp;ss=CNT&amp;sskey=CLID%5FSSSA49628425142211&amp;sv=Split&amp;vr=1%2E0\">Commonwealth v. Bradley.  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>In Massachusetts, a defendant charged with a drug possession crime could face severe violations if he or she was arrested within a &#8220;school zone,&#8221; as defined by <a href=\"https:\/\/malegislature.gov\/Laws\/GeneralLaws\/PartI\/TitleXV\/Chapter94c\/Section32j\">G.L. c. 94C \u00a7 32J<\/a>. Until last year, an individual charged with possession of a controlled substance within 1000 feet of a school could face at least two and a half years imprisonment under this &#8220;school zone&#8221; law. After an amendment was passed reducing the parameters of a school zone, <\/p>\n<p>In the matter of Commonwealth v. Bradley, the defendant Bradley&#8217;s dorm room was searched by police officers pursuant to a warrant on November 8, 2010. During the search, police officers discovered marijuana, and Bradley was charged with possession with intent to distribute. However, because Bradley&#8217;s dorm was about 700 feet from a nearby preschool facility, Bradley was also charged with the school zone violation. The criminal complaints were filed on December 30, 2010, but Bradley&#8217;s case was not adjudicated as of August 2, 2012.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/sjc-applies-school-zone-reduct\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Massachusetts School Zone Drug Law applies retroactively SJC rules in Commonwealth v. Bradley\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled yesterday that the School Zone statute amendment applies to pending cases. Last year the legislature reduced the scope of the school zone statute by requiring the drug distribution crime to be within 300 feet of a school zone rather than a thousand feet from the school. 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