Keane v. Commonwealth

Joseph Keane appeals from the denial by a single justice of this court of his motion to compel assembly of the record of a District Court proceeding. The single justice treated Keane’s motion as a petition pursuant to G. L. c. 211, § 3, and denied it without a hearing. In the motion, Keane sought an order requiring the District Court to assemble the record relating to the denial of, among other things, Keane’s motion to vacate the District Court judge’s finding of sufficient facts on several criminal charges.

The Commonwealth asserts that Keane’s motion was moot because the underlying criminal…