Commonwealth v. Shipps

William M. Shipps, Jr., was convicted on two indictments charging murder in the first degree. We affirmed the convictions. Commonwealth v. Shipps, 399 *1019Mass. 820, 822 (1987). Following his convictions, he filed three motions seeking a new trial in the Superior Court, all of which were denied. See Mass. R. Crim. R 30 (b), 378 Mass. 900 (1979). Shipps sought leave from a single justice of this court, pursuant to G. L. c. 278, § 33E, to appeal from the ruling on the third motion. The single justice denied his application, citing Shipps’s failure to demonstrate that the grounds for his third…