Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Nolan
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided March 20, 1985PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKaplan, J.
We hold that a judge of the Superior Court committed no error when, in the situation to be described, she denied a second postconviction motion of the defendant Nolan to withdraw his pleas of guilty and proceed to trial.
1. This is the second appearance of the case in our court. We leave a statement of the first appeal to n.4 below, and deal, in summary, with the record pertinent to the present appeal.
On April 1, 1982, indictments were returned against the defendant for armed assault in a dwelling with intent to commit a felony (G. L. c. 265, § 18A) and assault and battery by means of a…
2Cases cited45 opinions
- Brady v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- McCarthy v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- United States v. TimmreckSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- United States v. Winston Eugene DaytonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- United States v. Milton L. KobroskyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1983
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3Cited by37 opinions
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