Commonwealth v. Haskell

More than twenty years after admitting to sufficient facts to warrant his conviction of operating while under the influence of liquor and operating a motor vehicle negligently so as to endanger,1 the defendant moved to vacate his pleas based on his claim that the judge who accepted them did so without the benefit of a colloquy. The record of the proceeding no longer exists and *285Justice David T. Doyle, who accepted the plea, has retired (plea judge). The motion was denied, and we affirm, albeit on grounds different from those relied on by the motion judge. See Commonwealth v. Va Meng Joe, 425…