JACKSON v. COMMONWEALTH


430 Mass. 260 (1999)

ARTHUR JACKSON v. COMMONWEALTH.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

October 14, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric S. Brandt, Committee for Public Counsel Services (Bruce R. Bono, Committee for Public Counsel Services, with him) for the plaintiff.

Stephen D. Fuller, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: ABRAMS, LYNCH, GREANEY, & MARSHALL, JJ.


LYNCH, J.

The petitioner (whom we shall call the defendant), sought relief from a single justice of this court under G. L. c. 211, § 3, from the denial of his motion to dismiss in the Superior Court. Because the motion was based on double jeopardy grounds, the single justice ruled that the matter was properly before him pursuant to G. L. c. 211, § 3, but denied the petition on the merits. This court determined that the requirements of S.J.C. Rule 2:21 (2...

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