Cargill v. Commonwealth

Thomas E. Cargill, Jr., the petitioner, appeals under S.J.C. Rule 2:21, 421 Mass. 1303 (1995), from the denial of relief under G. L. c. 211, § 3, by a single justice of this court. A Superior Court judge had determined that the petitioner was competent to stand trial, and the petitioner asked the single justice either to reverse the order finding him competent, or, “report this case" to the full court.

The case was submitted on the papers filed, accompanied by a memorandum of law. Thomas M. Hoopes & Dana Alan Curhan for the petitioner.

The Superior Court judge’s order is an interlocutory ruling…