Commonwealth v. Nassar

George Nassar was convicted of murder in the first degree, and this court affirmed the conviction after plenary review. Commonwealth v. Nassar, 354 Mass. 249 (1968), cert, denied, 393 U.S. 1039 (1969). In 1982, Nassar filed a *1009motion for a new trial, which was denied by a judge in the Superior Court (1982 denial). Nassar sought leave to appeal pursuant to the gatekeeper provision of G. L. c. 278, § 33E. The county court dismissed the matter for lack of prosecution in 1983, and we recently affirmed the denial of Nassar’s request, filed in 2006, to reopen the proceedings, as there had been no…