Commonwealth v. Tuan Van Nguyen

Salinger, KenNeth W., J.

Tuan Van Nguyen pleaded guilty in December 1990 to three indictments charging him with assault with intent to rape, indecent assault and battery, and assault and battery of a 20-year-old woman. Nguyen and the Commonwealth asked the judge to impose probation with no incarceration on the first two charges — structured as a sentence of three to five years in prison, with execution suspended for two years, during which time Nguyen would be on probation — and to place the last charge on file after accepting the change of plea. Judge Walter Steele accepted the guilty plea…