Diggs v. Commonwealth

Following a jury trial, the petitioner was convicted of receiving a stolen motor vehicle, assault and battery, and reckless operation of a motor vehicle. His convictions were affirmed. Commonwealth v. Diggs, 49 Mass. App. Ct. 1105, cert, denied, 531 U.S. 950 (2000).* 1 Thereafter, the petitioner made various unsuccessful legal challenges to his convictions in the Superior Court, including multiple motions for a new trial; his single appeal from various adverse rulings was dismissed for lack of prosecution. Subsequently, he filed a motion that a single justice of this court treated as a G. L.…