Commonwealth v. Spencer
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- Robert Muldowney v. Lincoln Park, LLC and Robert Versprille (Ind. Ct. App. 2017)
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Opinion of the Court
The defendant, Barry H. Spencer, Jr., was indicted on charges of distribution of cocaine and other offenses. A judge in the Superior Court denied his motion to suppress certain evidence. Pursuant to Mass. R. Crim. P. 15, as appearing in 422 Mass. 1501 (1996), Spencer applied to a single justice of this court for leave to take an interlocutory appeal from that ruling. The single justice denied such leave. Spencer appealed from the single justice’s order.
The Commonwealth has moved to dismiss Spencer’s appeal. The motion must be allowed. “Neither the Commonwealth nor a defendant may appeal to the full court from a single justice’s denial of an application for leave to pursue an interlocutory appeal.” Cowell v. Commonwealth, 432 Mass. 1028, 1028 (2000). We express no view on the merits of Spencer’s motion to suppress. Spencer has recently been convicted of each offense and has filed a notice of
Appeal dismissed.
Spencer has also filed a motion for a new trial. It appears that he filed an identical motion in the Superior Court. We take no action on the motion, but leave it for the Superior Court to decide. Spencer may appeal in the ordinary course from any adverse decision on the motion pursuant to Mass. R. Crim. P. 30 (c) (8), as appearing in 435 Mass. 1501 (2001).
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