Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Vickey
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 17, 1980PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, J.
In May, 1978, Robert T. Vickey (defendant) successfully sought, pro se, to have a Superior Court judge order the sealing of his record of conviction. The office of the Commissioner of Probation (Commissioner) refused to comply. On July 19,1979, Vickey filed a motion seeking an order to compel the Commissioner to seal his record. On September 24, 1979, the same judge vacated his order of May, 1978, and denied Vickey’s motion. Vickey appealed. We transferred the appeal from the Appeals Court on our own motion and now affirm.
The facts may be summarized as follows. On December 1,1972, Vickey…
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