Legal Opinion
Mack v. Clerk of the Appeals Court
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 7, 1998PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The petitioner filed a petition for mandamus in the Supreme Judicial Court for Suffolk County. G. L. c. 249, § 5. He sought an order to compel his former appellate counsel to resume his representation or to require the Appeals Court to order the Committee for Public Counsel Services (CPCS) to appoint another attorney to represent him. A single justice of this court denied the petition and the petitioner appeals.
At the time this action was initiated, the petitioner was appealing from his convictions of extortion and assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon.2 In May, 1996, the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Fogarty v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
- Lutheran Service Ass'n of New England, Inc. v. Metropolitan District CommissionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
- Callahan v. Superior CourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1991
- Security Co-operative Bank v. Inspector of BuildingsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
3Cited by9 opinions
- Forte v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1999
- Ardon v. Committee for Public Counsel ServicesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2012
- Montefusco v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2008
- Picciotto v. Superior Court Department of the Trial CourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
- Watson v. McClerkinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009
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