Commonwealth v. Hoyle

In 1984, the defendant admitted to sufficient facts on four charges: possession of marijuana with intent to distribute; possession of cocaine; possession of a firearm with a defaced serial number; and possession of a firearm without a firearms identification (FID) card.1 In 1999, facing a Federal *11sentence that would be enhanced as a consequence of his prior State criminal history, including these four convictions, the defendant moved to withdraw his 1984 guilty pleas. Based on certain affidavits, further described below, and after a hearing, the motion judge (who was not the plea judge) found…