Martinez v. Commonwealth
Annotate this CaseDefendant was indicted for several drug offenses. Defendant filed a motion for issuance of a subpoena seeking certain data he claimed would be relevant to support his claim that he was subjected to selective enforcement and racial profiling. A superior court judge denied the motion. Thereafter, Defendant filed a petition for relief under Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211, 3. A single justice in the county court denied the petition without a hearing. The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed, holding that the single justice neither erred nor abused his discretion by denying extraordinary relief.
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