Case Name: Commonwealth vs. Francis E. Dunn
Court: Massachusetts Appeals Court
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Decision Date: 1978-05-16
Citations: 6 Mass. App. Ct. 881
Docket Number: 
Parties: Commonwealth vs. Francis E. Dunn.
Judges: 
Reporter: Massachusetts Appeals Court Reports
Volume: 6
Pages: 881–881

Head Matter:
Commonwealth vs. Francis E. Dunn.
May 16, 1978.
The case was submitted on briefs.
J. Russell Hodgdon for the defendant.
John J. Droney, District Attorney, & James W. Sahakian, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Opinion:
The sole ground of the motion for a new trial was one winch concededly could have been assigned as error and argued when the defendant appealed from the convictions which were affirmed in Commonwealth v. Dunn, 3 Mass. App. Ct. 708, further appellate review denied, 367 Mass. 912 (1975). Accordingly, the trial judge did not abuse his discretion in simply denying the motion without a hearing and without ruling on the question sought to be raised by the motion. Commonwealth v. McLaughlin, 364 Mass. 211, 229-231 (1973). Commonwealth v. Cresta, ante 855 (1978). If we were required to consider the question, we would conclude that it is devoid of merit.
Exceptions overruled.