Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court September 3, 2013 (Commonwealth v. Chatman)

Spina, J.

The defendant was convicted on January 24, 2002, of the deliberately premeditated murder of his mother. On May 6, *3282008, he filed a motion for a new trial alleging that he was not competent to stand trial. The motion was denied after a nonevidentiary hearing. The defendant appealed his conviction and the denial of his motion for a new trial.