Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1/4/1994
Commonwealth v. Babb
Citations
- 625 N.E.2d 544
- 416 Mass. 732
- 1994 Mass. LEXIS 4
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- recognizing “waiver of counsel by conduct, occasionally termed abandonment of counsel”
- “defendant’s refusal to proceed with appointed counsel without good cause constitutes ‘abandonment,’ after which he is not entitled to the appointment of new counsel”
- defendant’s refusal to cooperate in his defense and his physical assault of appointed counsel constituted “abandonment” of right to counsel
- defendant's refusal to proceed with appointed counsel without good cause constitutes abandonment
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Judges: Greaney, Lucos, Lynch, Nolan, Wilkins
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13 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. MeansMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2009-06-12· cited 57×
- State of Tennessee v. Tommy HolmesTennessee Supreme Court· 2010-01-12· cited 39×
- Commonwealth v. PenaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2012-05-09· cited 35×
- Adoption of OliviaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2002-01-28· cited 13×
- Adoption of Raissa.Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-06-22· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. StephensMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1998-05-07· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. ClemensMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2010-07-08· cited 8×
- Commonwealth v. GodwinMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2004-03-15· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. GibsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2016-07-13· cited 5×
- Commonwealth v. FicoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2012-07-13· cited 3×
- Commonwealth v. MeansMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2008-05-27· cited 3×
- Commonwealth v. SparksMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-04-25· cited 2×
- Commonwealth v. MortimerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2012-07-13· cited 1×
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