Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Brannon B.
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided April 13, 2006No. 04-P-757PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDoerfer, J.
Two months after pleading to an indictment charging him with unarmed robbery,2 the juvenile sought to withdraw his plea by filing a motion for a new trial.3 In support of his motion he filed his affidavit and the affidavits of several alibi *98witnesses. The substance of these affidavits was that he was at home at the time of the robbery and that he pleaded to the indictment because of fear that he would be convicted and sentenced as an adult.
The juvenile’s desire to plead guilty arose during trial, after the Commonwealth had presented the testimony of the victim and counsel for the juvenile had…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Henderson v. MorganSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Smith v. O'GRADYSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Commonwealth v. SoaresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1996
- Commonwealth v. SilanskasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001
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3Cited by5 opinions
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