COMMONWEALTH v. WOOLDRIDGE


19 Mass. App. Ct. 162 (1985)

472 N.E.2d 970

COMMONWEALTH vs. THOMAS E. WOOLDRIDGE.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Worcester.

January 3, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ned C. Lofton for the defendant.

Harry D. Quick, III, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: BROWN, ROSE, & KASS, JJ.


KASS, J.

To his considerable credit, the prosecutor anticipated, and attempted to avoid, the lawyer conflict of interest predicament which now bedevils this case.

Wooldridge, the defendant, was an Auburn police officer when he was indicted under G.L.c. 268A, § 2, for offering a bribe to a fellow police officer. He turned for legal assistance to Mr. Edward P. Reardon, whose law firm, Reardon and Reardon, had a contract with the Massachusetts Police Association...

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