Commonwealth v. Villanueva

The defendant, Angel Junior Villanueva, entered a guilty plea in Superior Court to the charge of attempted escape from a penal institution, G. L. c. 268, § 16.2 He later moved to withdraw his plea, asserting both that there was no basis in fact for the conviction and that his plea counsel was ineffective.3 A judge, who was also the plea judge, denied that motion and a subsequent motion for reconsideration. This appeal followed, and we affirm.

Background. At his plea colloquy, the defendant agreed to the following facts.

"[O]n June 15, 2015, this defendant was being housed ... at the Hampshire…