Burnham v. Clerk of the Peabody Division of the District Court Department

The petitioner, Francis C. Burnham, was tried and convicted on a charge of disorderly conduct (G. L. c. 272, § 53) in the Peabody Division of the District Court Department. After he had been assessed fines for said conviction, Bum-ham filed a notice of appeal from the guilty verdict (and from a denial of a postconviction motion for a new trial). His appeal was ultimately dismissed by a District Court judge because of Burnham’s failure to comply with applicable rules of appellate procedure in connection with this appeal.

Specifically, Burnham, who did not assert indigent status in the District…