Hines

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

In 1982, the petitioner was convicted on charges of escape and armed robbery. The sentences imposed for those offenses were to be served from and after a sentence that the petitioner was then (and still is) serving in the District of Columbia. In 1996 and 1997, the petitioner filed petitions with the advisory board of pardons (board) requesting a commutation of the Massachusetts sentences he faces when he completes his…