Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. DiPietro
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided December 21, 1993No. 92-P-1106PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFine, J.
Following a thorough colloquy with the defendant on December 19, 1989, a judge accepted the defendant’s plea to indictments alleging trafficking in cocaine in an amount over one hundred grams (G. L. c. 94C, § 32E[fi]) and possession with intent to distribute marihuana (G. L. c. 94G, § 32C). In January of 1992, the defendant filed a pro se motion for a new trial, claiming that he was ineffectively represented by counsel in various respects. A judge, who was not the judge who had accepted the pleas, denied the motion without an evidentiary hearing and filed a memorandum of decision explaining…
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