Kartell v. Commonwealth

James P. Kartell appeals from the denial of his petition pursuant to G. L. c. 211, § 3, by a single justice of this court.

Kartell filed his petition seeking to expedite the preparation of the transcript of his criminal trial, which he claimed had been inordinately delayed.2 Kartell’s trial had lasted three weeks and eventually resulted in a transcript consisting of approximately thirty volumes and thousands of pages. When Kartell filed his petition, some fifteen months after the jury verdict, the court reporter had not submitted a complete transcript to the Superior Court clerk’s office.…