| Docket # | SJC-10396 |
| Date | October 6, 2009 |
| Video | View oral argument with Windows Media Player |
Summary (prepared by Suffolk University Law School) | Criminal-- Whether a sentence of probation rather than a term of incarceration may be imposed after a guilty plea for armed home invasion. |
| Appealed From | Supreme Judicial Court for Suffolk County, Justice Francis X. Spina |
| Briefs | See selection available in PDF format at Supreme Judicial Court website |
Counsel for Appellant (Appearing) | Commonwealth: Anne C. Pogue |
Counsel for Appellee (Appearing) | Zapata: Dana Alan Curhan, Arthur L. Kelly |