Layne v. Commonwealth

Robert M. Layne appeals from an order of a single justice of this court denying him relief pursuant to G. L. c. 211, § 3. He claims, inter alia, that he has a substantial claim of an important right that is being violated by an interlocutory order of the Appeals Court and that an appeal is inadequate to preserve his right. Underlying this appeal is a complex postconviction history of attempts by the defendant to vacate sentences imposed as the result of his convictions of various offenses in the Superior Court in 1972. Much of the procedural history of the case is set forth in Commonwealth v.…