Massachusetts Appeals Court October 5, 1978 (Commonwealth v. Rondeau)

The two grounds of the motion for a new trial, as explicated by new counsel who represented the defendant at the hearing on the motion, were: (1) that the trial judge (who heard and denied the motion) had refused to permit trial counsel (counsel) to withdraw from the case and appear as an alibi witness for the defendant; and, in the alternative, (2) that the defendant had been denied the