Gonsalves v. Commonwealth

In Commonwealth v. Gonsalves, 56 Mass. App. Ct. 506 (2002), the Appeals Court affirmed Gonsalves’s conviction of receiving a stolen motor vehicle in violation of G. L. c. 266, § 28. Gonsalves filed an application for further appellate review, which was denied. Commonwealth v. Gonsalves, 438 Mass. 1105 (2003). He later moved in the Superior Court for a new trial, which was denied, and he filed a timely notice of appeal. In addition, he filed a petition in the county court seeking relief from both the Appeals Court’s decision and from the denial of his motion for a new trial. The single justice…