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POPE v. COMMONWEALTH

SJC-12977.

487 Mass. 1014 (2021)

JOSEPH JABIR POPE & another v. COMMONWEALTH.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.

April 29, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The case was submitted on briefs.

Ruth Greenberg & Jeffrey G. Harris for the petitioners.

Paul B. Linn, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Katharine Naples-Mitchell for Mary T. Bassett & others.

Amy M. Belger for Davanni Curran.

Rescripts

Joseph Jabir Pope and Floyd Hamilton (defendants) appeal from the denial, by a single justice of this court, of their petition under G. L. c. 211, § 3. In their petition, they sought to stay execution of their sentences pending decisions on their motions for a new trial. We dismiss Pope's appeal as moot, and we affirm the single justice's judgment as to Hamilton.

In 1984, the defendants were indicted for murder and other offenses. After their...

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