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COMMONWEALTH v. MORAN

388 Mass. 655 (1983)

448 N.E.2d 362

COMMONWEALTH vs. DANIEL F. MORAN.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

April 8, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marshall D. Stein for the defendant.

Robert M. Raciti, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: WILKINS, LIACOS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, & LYNCH, JJ.

NOLAN, J.

The two issues in this case are: (1) the extent to which a trial judge is required to conduct an inquiry as to reasons a defendant requests a change of trial counsel when such a request is voiced on the eve of trial, and (2) whether the defendant's trial counsel was ineffective. We conclude that a judge should permit a defendant to give his reasons for a change in counsel and that trial counsel's assistance was...

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