Commonwealth v. Hopkins

On March 15, 1973, the defendant and two others were convicted in the Superior Court on pleas of guilty to several counts of armed robbery. On the following day the defendant was sentenced to a lengthy term of imprisonment. On March 19, 1974, the defendant and his two codefendants moved for a new trial, alleging that they were unaware when the pleas were offered that they were waiving their rights to appeal from the denial of then-motions to suppress evidence. The new trial motions were denied by the trial judge, and the denials were affirmed on appeal. Commonwealth v. Hamilton, 3 Mass. App.…