COMMONWEALTH v. SIMPSON


428 Mass. 646 (1999)

COMMONWEALTH v. MICHAEL J. SIMPSON.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

January 12, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geraldine C. Griffin, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Richard J. Shea for the defendant.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., ABRAMS, LYNCH, GREANEY, FRIED, MARSHALL, & IRELAND, JJ.


WILKINS, C.J.

This appeal, here for further appellate review at the request of the Commonwealth, presents issues arising out of the Appeals Court's concern that the trial judge did not conduct a hearing on the defendant's competence to stand trial. The Appeals Court, which pursued the issue on its own motion, reversed the defendant's convictions because it concluded that the trial judge should have conducted a competency...

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