GIBNEY v. COMMONWEALTH


375 Mass. 146 (1978)

375 N.E.2d 714

TERRY LEE GIBNEY vs. COMMONWEALTH (and a companion case).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

May 2, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Cavicchi for the petitioners.

John T. McDonough, Assistant District Attorney for the Commonwealth.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., KAPLAN, WILKINS, LIACOS, & ABRAMS, JJ.


LIACOS, J.

These are appeals from judgments denying issuance of writs of error and dismissing the petitions filed in the Supreme Judicial Court for the county of Suffolk. Because the petitions were on judgments for manslaughter, the provisions of G.L.c. 250, § 11, apply, and issuance of the writs rested in the sound discretion of the single justice. The sole issue before this court is therefore whether the single justice...

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