Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2/25/1987

Commonwealth v. Higgins

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503 N.E.2d 1326
23 Mass. App. Ct. 552
1987 Mass. App. LEXIS 1716

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in order for judge to apply G. L. c. 278, § 24, and impose the lower court sentence, the defendant’s default must be “solid”
waiver of counsel may be held ineffective if defendant can show by preponderance of evidence that he did not have fair understanding of what waiver meant or entailed
defendant’s conduct before date of trial may be held as amounting to a waiver
waiver of right to counsel at default hearing was valid when defendant was offered counsel and refused offer despite judge’s admonition that defendant was entitled to representation and offense punishable by incarceration as well as fine

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Judges: Armstrong, Kaplan, Perretta

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