Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Fraire
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided September 9, 2002No. 00-P-1023PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
On January 8, 1998, the defendant admitted to sufficient facts and was found guilty of assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon, assault and battery, and threatening to commit a crime. On February 3, 2000, with the *917spectre of deportation looming, the defendant filed a motion for a new trial. After a hearing, a judge of the District Court denied the motion.
On appeal, the defendant does not take issue with the colloquy conducted by the judge, but rather claims his defense counsel was ineffective for failing to inform him of the immigration consequences he faced as a result of pleading…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Commonwealth v. SaferianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- United States v. GonzalezCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2000
- Commonwealth v. CorreaMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1997
- Commonwealth v. WheelerMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2001
- Commonwealth v. RodriguezMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2001
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Chaidez v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2013
- People v. BaretNew York Court of Appeals · 2014
- Commonwealth v. SylvainMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2013
- Commonwealth v. BertholdMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
- Commonwealth v. ShindellMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2005
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