Overview
- Wrentham District Court Clerk-Magistrate Pamela Gauvin-Fernandes ruled Tuesday that the show-cause hearing for Mayor Moises Rodrigues will be open to the public.
- The Plymouth County district attorney’s office and Massachusetts State Police troopers assigned to that office asked for the clerk-magistrate review to consider a single assault-and-battery complaint.
- The hearing is scheduled for early August, with outlets reporting either Aug. 6 or Aug. 7, and will include limited in-person seating plus a Zoom option and a single media pool camera.
- Show-cause hearings are a probable-cause proceeding that mirror a trial in format but use a lower standard of proof and can lead to formal criminal charges if the magistrate finds cause.
- The case was moved from Brockton to Wrentham to avoid perceived conflicts, and Rodrigues and his attorney had asked that the proceeding be open, saying public access would help their defense.