Powers v. Commonwealth

This appeal arises out of indictments charging Paul W. Powers (defendant) with multiple violations of G. L. c. 90, §§24 and 24L, based on his involvement in a serious motor vehicle accident. The defendant appeals from a ruling by a single justice of this court denying relief from a trial judge’s denial of his motion to dismiss and denying leave to appeal from the judge’s denial of his motion to suppress. The defendant did not comply with the requirements of SJ.C. Rule 2:21, 421 Mass. 1303 (1995), but instead proceeded in the regular appellate course, even though the denial of the defendant’s…