Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Shea
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided January 21, 1999No. 97-P-2023PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWarner, C.J.
On December 19, 1980, the defendant, then seventeen years old, pleaded guilty in Superior Court to charges of assault with intent to murder and armed robbery. For the armed robbery, he was sentenced to five years’ adult probation, while for the assault with intent to murder, he was found delinquent and sentenced to the custody of the Department of Youth Services (DYS).
On July 2, 1996, the defendant filed a motion to withdraw his guilty plea, alleging that had he known that his guilty plea on *197the armed robbery would result in an adult conviction, he would not have so pleaded.1
On November 14,…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Breed v. JonesSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Bolster v. Commissioner of Corporations & TaxationMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
- Commonwealth v. Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard & Nantucket Steamship AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
- Commonwealth v. PowerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
- Commonwealth v. HarrisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Commonwealth v. AlvesMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2001
- Bruno v. Board of AppealsMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2004
- Commonwealth v. AgbogunMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2003
- Commonwealth v. LucretMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2003
- Commonwealth v. FlintMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2012
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