Commonwealth v. Hubbard

The defendant was indicted for murder in the first degree of one George R. Alexander. On June 18, 1969, he pleaded guilty to so much of the indictment as charged the crime of murder in the second degree and was sentenced to life imprisonment therefor. On October 8, 1974, he filed a motion to vacate the sentence and plea, 1 which motion, after a hearing thereon, was denied on March 27, 1975. The case is before us on the defendant’s appeal under G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, assigning as alleged errors the denial of the motion and the exclusion of certain evidence at the hearing thereon. We hold…