Commonwealth v. Dias

The defendant admitted to facts sufficient to support a finding of guilty on charges of uttering a false prescription and conspiracy to violate the Controlled Substances Act; he later filed a motion to withdraw his admission. He now appeals from the order denying that motion, arguing that the admission was not knowing and intelligent, because the judge failed to advise him properly of the potential immigration consequences of such an admission, as required by G. L. c. 278, § 29D. We affirm.

On June 21, 2012, the defendant admitted to sufficient facts on the two charges, and the case was…