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COMMONWEALTH v. MELLO

11 Mass. App. Ct. 70 (1980)

413 N.E.2d 1130

COMMONWEALTH vs. DOMINGO P. MELLO.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

December 23, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Arthur Hensley for the defendant.

Lance J. Garth, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: HALE, C.J., GRANT, & NOLAN, JJ.

HALE, C.J.

The defendant appeals from the denial of his motion for a new trial in which he claimed he had been denied the effective assistance of counsel at his trial on an indictment charging rape.1 Specifically, the defendant argues that because his trial counsel was the mayor of the city in which the crime occurred his counsel was engaged in a genuine conflict of interest at trial.

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