Commonwealth v. Reddy

The defendant, a man of many prior convictions and incarcerations, was charged in District Court complaints with breaking and entering in the nighttime, malicious destruction of property, conspiracy, and possession of a burglarious instrument. Six weeks after his arrest, he offered to plead guilty to those charges. The prosecutor acceded to the defendant’s offer, but would not agree *1003to recommend anything less than the maximum period of incarceration that the District Court judge could impose (two and one-half years in a house of correction) on each offense. The defendant then entered his…