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COMMONWEALTH v. ESCOBAR

SJC-12430.

479 Mass. 1010 (2018)

COMMONWEALTH v. JUSTINO ESCOBAR.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.

April 18, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. McKenna for the defendant.

Vincent J. DeMore , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Julia Bell Andrus , Special Assistant Attorney General, for Office of the Inspector General, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Christopher K. Post , Committee for Public Counsel Services, & Luke Ryan, for Robert White & another, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

RESCRIPT

The defendant, Justino Escobar, pleaded guilty to cocaine trafficking in 2009 and was sentenced to a term of from eight to twelve years in State prison. In July, 2015, he filed a motion for a new trial and a related motion to conduct postconviction discovery, seeking to have his conviction vacated pursuant to Commonwealth v. Ware, 471 Mass. 85 (2015), and Commonwealth v. Scott,

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