Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Wooldridge
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided January 3, 1985PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKass, J.
To his considerable credit, the prosecutor anticipated, and attempted to avoid, the lawyer conflict of interest predicament which now bedevils this case.
Wooldridge, the defendant, was an Auburn police officer when he was indicted under G. L. c. 268A, § 2, for offering a bribe to a fellow police officer. He turned for legal assistance to Mr. Edward P. Reardon, whose law firm, Reardon and Reardon, had a contract with the Massachusetts Police Association Legal Defense Fund (Association) to provide legal services without cost to individual members. Within two weeks another member of the Auburn…
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