Fuller v. Commonwealth

In Commonwealth v. Fuller, 394 Mass. 251 (1985), this court affirmed the present petitioner’s, Charles E. Fuller, Jr.’s, 1979 conviction of murder in the first degree and affirmed the trial judge’s denial of Fuller’s motion for a new trial. That motion was based in part on Fuller’s claim that he had been denied his Federal and State constitutional rights to effective assistance of counsel. Id. at 252. Fuller thereafter filed second, third, and fourth motions for a new trial, all of which were denied by judges in the Superior Court. Fuller has filed a so-called “gatekeeper” petition in the…