Commonwealth v. Jones

The defendant, Rula Jones, appeals from a Superior Court judge's order revoking his probation and imposing sentence after the judge found that the defendant violated the terms of his probation. We affirm.

Discussion. At his probation violation hearing, the defendant requested new counsel. The judge denied his request. On appeal, defendant argues that the judge committed a structural error by failing to further inquire into counsel's preparedness for the hearing and into counsel's communications with the defendant prior to the hearing. The defendant asserts that the alleged lack of…