Carrington v. Commonwealth
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of larceny of a motor vehicle. The Commonwealth nol prossed the portion of the indictment that alleged a second or subsequent offense. Defendant filed motions pursuant to Mass. R. Crim. P. 30 and, before the motions were acted on, filed a Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211, 3 petition, arguing that the Commonwealth could not nol pros only a portion of the indictment. A single justice of the Supreme Judicial Court denied Defendant’s petition for extraordinary relief. The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed, holding that Defendant had an adequate alternative remedy by way of appeal.
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