Glenn v. Aiken

409 Mass. 699 (1991)

569 N.E.2d 783

BOBBY GLENN

vs.

PAUL R. AIKEN.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

December 4, 1990.

April 8, 1991.

Present: LIACOS, C.J., WILKINS, ABRAMS, O'CONNOR, & GREANEY, JJ.

Stephen Hrones for the plaintiff.

Erik Lund (Cynthia C. Smith with him) for the defendant.

WILKINS, J.

The Appeals Court reversed the plaintiff Glenn's conviction of arson because of an error in the judge's charge. Glenn's trial counsel, the defendant in this case, had not properly preserved that issue for appellate review. Commonwealth v. Glenn, 23 Mass. App. Ct. 440 (1987). The court…