Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 7/16/1991

Commonwealth v. Davis

Citations

574 N.E.2d 1007
410 Mass. 680
1991 Mass. LEXIS 390

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dismissing appeal because leave to appeal denial of motion for costs for scientific testing was not filed with single justice
“gatekeeper” provision of G. L. c. 278, § 33E, applies to “any motion” filed in Superior Court after plenary review
posttrial motion at issue was not “constitutionally mandated,” and therefore indigent defendant had “no constitutional right to State funding to support investigations in anticipation of such a motion”
where Legislature chooses not to fund procedures not constitutionally mandated, “this court may not rewrite the statute to do so”
G. L. c. 278, § 33E, “expressly prohibits an appeal from ‘any motion’ filed in the Superior Court after § 33E review without the leave of a single justice of this court”
gatekeeper provision applies to postconviction motion for funds for scientific testing of physical evidence

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Judges: Liacos, Abrams, Nolan, Lynch, Greaney

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