Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. McGuirk
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided September 8, 1978PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAbrams, J.
The defendant Roy E. McGuirk was convicted of murder in the second degree on his plea of guilty. McGuirk now seeks to withdraw his guilty plea on the ground that it was involuntary because he was not informed that malice aforethought is an element of the offense to which he pleaded. See Henderson v. Morgan, 426 U.S. 637 (1976).
The defendant was indicted for murder in the first degree on October 1,1974. On July 14,1975, his guilty plea to murder in the second degree was accepted, and he was sentenced to a life term at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Walpole. On July 16,1976, the…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Henderson v. MorganSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Commonwealth v. CampbellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
- Commonwealth v. PierceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1884
- Commonwealth v. MorrowMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
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3Cited by64 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. BrayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
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