Commonwealth v. Marques

In 2005, the defendant admitted to sufficient facts to support a complaint charging him with assault by means of a dangerous weapon (glass bowl), assault and battery, and threats to commit a crime.1 A judge of the District Court accepted the defendant’s change of pleas, continued the cases without a finding, and imposed eleven months of probation.2 Six years later, following a trip to Cape Verde,3 the defendant was denied *204reentry into the United States because of the disposition of the earlier criminal charges.4 The defendant consequently filed a motion to withdraw his pleas, arguing that the…