COMMONWEALTH v. CARSETTI

No. 00-P-107.

53 Mass. App. Ct. 558 (2002)

COMMONWEALTH v. EMIL CARSETTI.

Court of Appeals of Massachusetts, Bristol.

January 14, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick T. Matthews for the defendant.

David Keighley, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: JACOBS, KANTROWITZ, & KAFKER, JJ.


KANTROWITZ, J.

On the morning of trial, against the backdrop of an overpowering case for guilt1 and the Commonwealth answering ready, with witnesses and the jury present, defense counsel asked for a continuance, claiming an irretrievable breakdown in the attorney-client relationship with his client, a career criminal.

The issues of substance in this appeal are twofold: first,...

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