Title: Burnham v. Commonwealth (No. 2)
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: SJC-12818
State: Massachusetts
Issuer: Massachusetts Supreme Court
Date: April 29, 2020

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SJC-12818 
 
ARTHUR BURNHAM  vs.  COMMONWEALTH (No. 2). 
 
 
April 29, 2020. 
 
 
Supreme Judicial Court, Superintendence of inferior courts. 
 
 
The petitioner, Arthur Burnham, appeals from a judgment of 
a single justice of this court denying his petition for 
extraordinary relief under G. L. c. 211, § 3.  We affirm. 
 
The underlying petition raises essentially the same claims 
as a prior petition for extraordinary relief filed by Burnham, 
the denial of which we affirmed in an opinion issued this same 
date in a companion case, see Burnham v. Commonwealth (No. 1), 
484 Mass.    ,     (2020).  We affirm the judgment here for the 
same reasons expressed in that opinion. 
 
The single justice did not err or abuse his discretion in 
denying relief. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Judgment affirmed. 
 
 
 
Arthur Burnham, pro se. 
 
Jane A. Sullivan, Assistant District Attorney, for the 
Commonwealth. 
 
Fabiola White (Sarah M. Joss, Special Assistant Attorney 
General, also present) for probation service.