Donald v. Commonwealth

The petitioner filed a document in the county court entitled “Appellant’s Motion with Record Appendix for Leave to File an Interlocutory Appeal Pursuant to Mass. R. [A.] P. 15 (c),” 365 Mass. 859 (1974), seeking leave to appeal from an order of a judge in the Superior Court denying his postconviction motion for discovery. See Mass. R. Crim. P. 30 (c) (4), 378 Mass. 900 (1979). The single justice treated the filing as a petition under G. L. c. 211, § 3, and denied it without a hearing. The single justice also denied the petitioner’s motion for reconsideration. The petitioner appeals to the…