Afrasiabi v. Commonwealth

The petitioner, Kaveh L. Afrasiabi, is the defendant in a criminal case in the Cambridge Division of the District Court Department in which he is charged with criminal harassment in violation of G. L. c. 265, § 43A (a). In response to certain actions and rulings in the trial court he filed two separate petitions in the county court pursuant to G. L. c. 211, § 3. In the first petition, he asked the court “to order the removal” of the presiding trial court judge as well as the assistant district attorney representing the Commonwealth. In the second, he asked the court to reverse several trial…