DRAYTON v. COMMONWEALTH


450 Mass. 1028 (2008)

JOSEPH E. DRAYTON v. COMMONWEALTH.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.

January 30, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The case was submitted on briefs.

Joeseph E. Drayton, pro se.

Joseph M. Ditkoff, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.


The petitioner, Joseph E. Drayton, appeals from a judgment of a single justice of this court denying relief, pursuant to G. L. c. 211, § 3. Drayton sought an order requiring the Commonwealth to provide him with a free trial transcript or, if that could not be accomplished, then an order reversing and vacating his sentences and dismissing the indictments. We affirm.

Drayton was tried in 1977 on indictments charging...

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