Legal Opinion

CHRISTOPHER PIKE v. MATTHEW DIVRIS & Another

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided November 18, 2025No. SJC-13811Published

1Opinion of the Court

SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT

CHRISTOPHER PIKE vs. MATTHEW DIVRIS & another[1]

Docket:

SJC-13811

Dates:

November 18, 2025

Present:

County:

Keywords:

Supreme Judicial Court, Superintendence of inferior courts. Habeas Corpus.

The petitioner, Christopher Pike, appeals from the judgment of a single justice of this court denying without a hearing his petition pursuant to G. L. c. 211, § 3, seeking extraordinary relief. We affirm.

In October 2022, a jury convicted Pike of two counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under fourteen, in violation of G. L. c. 265, § 13B; one count of assault with intent to…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. LopezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
  2. Commonwealth v. FontanezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2019
  3. Sheriff of Suffolk County v. PiresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
  4. Doyle v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2015
  5. BabcockMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2008

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