COMMONWEALTH v. BABB


416 Mass. 732 (1994)

625 N.E.2d 544

COMMONWEALTH vs. GREGORY BABB.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampshire.

January 4, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Thompson for the defendant.

Shaun S. McLean, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Dana A. Curhan, for Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: LIACOS, C.J., WILKINS, NOLAN, LYNCH, & GREANEY, JJ.


NOLAN, J.

A judge in the Superior Court allowed an attorney's motion to withdraw and ruled that the defendant had forfeited court-appointed counsel and reported the propriety of his ruling to the Appeals Court. Mass. R. Crim. P. 34, 378 Mass. 905 (1979). We transferred the matter here on our own motion. We conclude that the defendant had abandoned his right to court-appointed counsel. From the judge's report we learn the following facts.

The defendant is charged...

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