NO. SJC-10824 PURSUANT TO GLC 211, 5 3 FROM ... - Mass Cases

The Pro Se defendant sent an email to the
Commissioner of Probation complaining that the
probation department did not have the authority
to maintain probation supervision over the defendant
through the use of GPS monitoring because the
defendant was I_
not a convicted sex offender. The
defendant received a telephone call from someone
from the Commissioner of Probation's office who
advised the defendant that the probation dept.
had hundreds of people on the GPS electronic
bracelet, and that the defendant would have to
petition the court to be taken off of the GPS
electronic bracelet, otherwise a warrant would
be issued for his arrest if he removed the GPS
electronic bracelet on his own or failed to
comply with the corresponding conditions.
When the Pro Se defendant attempted to
interview the Commonwealth's witnesses, he was
met with fierce resistance from the prosecuting
attorney, who continuously refused to comply with
mandatory discovery and would not provide the Pro
Se defendant with the names and address of the
Commonwealth's witnesses. Standby counsel (Bruce
Ferg) advised the Pro Se defendant not to attempt
to contact any of the Commonwealth's witnesses
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