Lamoureux v. Commonwealth

The petitioner (defendant) was convicted in the Superior Court on indictments charging robbery and kidnapping. On appeal the convictions were upheld. Commonwealth v. Lamoureux, 348 Mass. 390. His counsel then was a public defender, who was appointed on February 26, 1964, when the petitioner appeared in court without counsel. The facts in 348 Mass, show that the victim of the crimes was a secretary who had left her car in a Brockton shopping center parking space. After she returned and got in the car, she observed a man entering the car through the right rear door and pointing at her what she…