COMMONWEALTH v. GILCHREST


364 Mass. 272 (1973)

303 N.E.2d 331

COMMONWEALTH vs. DAVID BRADFORD GILCHREST (and five companion cases).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

November 12, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert V. Greco for the defendants.

Terence M. Troyer & Barbara A.H. Smith, Assistant District Attorneys, for the Commonwealth.

Present: TAURO, C.J., REARDON, QUIRICO, BRAUCHER, & HENNESSEY, JJ.


TAURO, C.J.

These are appeals pursuant to G.L.c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, from the denial of motions to withdraw guilty pleas on grounds of involuntariness. The defendants claim error in the refusal by the judge hearing the motions to grant them a continuance for the purpose of procuring an expert witness to testify to the effects of Librium, a tranquilizing drug which they testified to ingesting in large dosage just prior...

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