King v. Commonwealth

The petitioner, Kurt King, was convicted of murder in the first degree. Commonwealth v. King, 391 Mass. 691 (1984). After his conviction was affirmed by this court, he filed in the Superior Court a number of motions seeking a new trial and other relief, all of which eventually were denied or not acted on. Pursuant to G. L. c. 278, § 33E, King, through counsel, filed a gatekeeper petition seeking leave to appeal from the denial of postconviction relief. The gatekeeper proceeding remains pending.

This appeal concerns a matter collateral to the gatekeeper petition. Subsequent to filing the…