Tyree v. Commonwealth

William M. Tyree appeals from a judgment of a single justice of this court denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to G. L. c. 276, § 19. We affirm.

Tyree was convicted in 1980 of murder in the first degree. We affirmed the conviction. See Commonwealth v. Tyree, 387 Mass. 191 (1982), cert. denied, 459 U.S. 1175 (1983). In 2006, he filed several motions in the Superior Court seeking, among other things, dismissal of the indictment on the basis of lack of jurisdiction (due to an alleged absence of probable cause to arrest). Those motions were denied. lyree sought leave from a…