Hutson v. Justices of the Wareham District Court

OPINION

CAFFREY, Chief Judge.

Petitioner Robert Hutson seeks a writ of habeas corpus. He alleges that the action of the Brockton District Court in compelling him to proceed to trial without counsel violated his Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment rights. Petitioner requests an order returning him to that Court for a bench trial with counsel. In the alternative, petitioner seeks to prevent Massachusetts, on double jeopardy grounds, from putting him to trial a second time pursuant to its two-tier trial system. The matter came before the Court on respondent’s motion to dismiss for failure to state a…