Commonwealth v. Conaghan

We granted the defendant’s application for further appellate review, see Commonwealth v. Conaghan, 48 Mass. App. Ct. 304 (1999), to determine, among other issues,1 whether *106Conaghan’s motion for a competency examination or examinations pursuant to G. L. c. 123, § 15 (a),* 2 was erroneously denied. Conaghan filed her motion four and one-half years after she pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of her minor son.

1. The standard. A postsentence motion to withdraw a plea is treated as a motion for a new trial. See Commonwealth v. Russin, 420 Mass. 309, 318 (1995), quoting Mass. R. Crim. P.…