A Black man who was convicted on gun charges has won his appeal because of his lawyer’s “racist” social media posts.

Ronald Badgett had been trying to get a new trial, as he argued that his attorney was biased against Black people — which he said violated his constitutional right to effective counsel.

His lawyer, Richard Doyle, had been investigated by the Committee for Public Counsel Services for his “racist and bigoted” social media posts, according to the ruling from the Massachusetts Appeals Court.

“Doyle also referred to his clients as ‘thugs and bad guys’ and punks, and he used other demeaning language indicating his disdain for his nonwhite clients, ‘suggesting that (they) were criminals,’ ” the ruling reads.

For instance, he shared a photo of two Black men wearing cowboy hats a

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