Massachusetts Appeals Court September 5, 1985 (Commonwealth v. McVicker)

Perretta, J.

After the defendant was found guilty of larceny by a judge of the Boston Municipal Court, he appealed to the jury-of-six session of that court. When he failed to appear for a hearing on his various pretrial motions, including a motion to suppress, he was defaulted, and sentence was thereafter imposed pursuant to G. L. c. 278, § 24, as amended by St. 1978, c. 478, § 305.