SPINA, J.
In this appeal from the denial of the Commonwealth's petition for relief under G. L. c. 211, § 3, by a single justice of this court, we consider whether a District Court judge had the authority pursuant to Mass. R. Crim. P. 29, 378 Mass. 899 (1979), to vacate his finding of guilt on a criminal complaint and enter a continuance without a finding conditioned on a defendant's payment of restitution. We conclude that the judge possessed no such authority...
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