Commonwealth v. Muldoon

In 1996, the defendant pleaded guilty to indictments that charged aggravated rape, armed home invasion, burglary with assault on an occupant, armed robbery, and assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon. On February 18, 2014, almost eighteen years later, the defendant moved to withdraw his guilty pleas and for an evidentiary hearing. He argued that his pleas were entered neither knowingly nor voluntarily as a result of his attorney's ineffectiveness and that the indictments charging armed home invasion and what he labels unarmed burglary must be vacated because the evidence does not…