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ABODEELY v. COUNTY OF WORCESTER

352 Mass. 719 (1967)

227 N.E.2d 486

MICHAEL N. ABODEELY vs. COUNTY OF WORCESTER & another (and a companion case).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Worcester.

June 12, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael N. Abodeely, Jr., for the petitioner.

Willie J. Davis, Assistant Attorney General, for the Commonwealth.

James C. Donnelly for the County of Worcester & another.

Steven J. Comen & William P. Homans, Jr., for the Voluntary Defenders Committee, Inc., amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., SPALDING, KIRK, SPIEGEL, & REARDON, JJ.

REARDON, J.

The petitioner, an attorney, brought petitions against the county of Worcester and its treasurer, and against the Commonwealth, seeking payment for services rendered to a criminal defendant, Walter S. Albert, to which representation he was appointed by a judge of the Superior Court. Albert had previously received sentences of life imprisonment on indictments involving rape and other charges. In March of 1964...

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