Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Carsetti
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided January 14, 2002No. 00-P-107PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKantrowitz, J.
On the morning of trial, against the backdrop *559of an overpowering case for guilt1 and the Commonwealth answering ready, with witnesses and the jury present, defense counsel asked for a continuance, claiming an irretrievable breakdown in the attorney-client relationship with his client, a career criminal.
The issues of substance in this appeal are twofold: first, whether it was error for the judge not to grant the continuance; and second, whether the defendant waived his right to counsel. We affirm his two convictions.
The procedural background. On April 28, 1998, the defendant was arraigned on…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. SaferianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Ronald Maynard v. Larry MeachumCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1976
- Commonwealth v. CavanaughMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
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