Commonwealth v. Broderick

On December 4, 2008, the defendant, Christopher Broderick, pleaded guilty in the Boston Municipal Court to three counts of assault and battery on a police officer and one count of resisting arrest. Approximately eight years later, on September 29, 2016, the defendant filed a motion to vacate plea and for new trial. On December 12, 2016, the motion judge, who also presided at the 2008 plea hearing, conducted a nonevidentiary hearing on the defendant's motion, which she denied on the record. This appeal ensued. For the reasons stated below, we affirm.

The defendant argues that the judge erred in…