ALICEA v. COMMONWEALTH

No. SJC-11293.

466 Mass. 228 (2013)

LUIS ALICEA v. COMMONWEALTH.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

August 9, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dakota D. Martin for the plaintiff.

Sarah M. Joss , Assistant Attorney General, for the Commonwealth.

Alex G. Philipson, pro se, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: IRELAND, C.J., SPINA, CORDY, BOTSFORD, GANTS, DUFFLY, & LENK, JJ.


DUFFLY, J.

After spending three and one-half years in State prison, Luis Alicea filed suit in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts against his former defense counsel, Lawrence J. McGuire, an attorney employed by the Committee for Public Counsel Services.1 Alicea's complaint asserted claims of intentional infliction of emotional distress and violation of 42 U.S.C...

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