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COMMONWEALTH v. FRANCIS

374 Mass. 750 (1978)

374 N.E.2d 1207

COMMONWEALTH vs. THOMAS E. FRANCIS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Worcester.

April 5, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Hoffman for the defendant.

Daniel F. Toomey, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., QUIRICO, BRAUCHER, KAPLAN, & ABRAMS, JJ.

QUIRICO, J.

This is the second of three cases decided today in which we are concerned with G.L.c. 278, § 24, which authorizes the entry of default and imposition of sentence on a defendant, who, having entered an appeal from a conviction in a District Court, fails to appear for trial in the Superior Court. This case, however, presents a somewhat different factual and substantive posture from the first one, viz., that...

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