Commonwealth v. Swist

This appeal, purporting to assert the defendant’s entitlement to a transcript of pretrial proceedings at public expense in order to pursue a motion for a new trial pursuant to Mass.R.Crim.P. 30, 378 Mass. 900 (1979), must be dismissed as interlocutory.

On October 6, 1986, the defendant pleaded guilty in the Superior Court to second degree murder and a life sentence was imposed to the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Cedar Junction. He did not file for a direct *908appeal of any part of his conviction or sentence. On June 1, 1993, the defendant wrote a letter to the clerk of the Superior…