Commonwealth v. Medeiros

This is the defendant’s consolidated appeal from the denial of his motion to vacate his May, 1996, guilty pleas to two counts of possession of a class A substance with intent to distribute, in violation of G. L. c. 94C, § 32. The defendant concedes that during the plea colloquy the trial judge advised him that his pleas might result in immigration consequences, including deportation, in the form required by G. L. c. 278, § 29D. Even so, the defendant claims that that warning was inadequate in light of subsequent events.

*375As a consequence of 1996 Federal legislation,1 the defendant asserts that…