Legal Opinion
COMMONWEALTH v. CRISTOBAL RODRIGUEZ.
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided May 5, 2022PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
RODRIGUEZ, COMMONWEALTH vs., 101 Mass. App. Ct. 54
COMMONWEALTH vs. CRISTOBAL RODRIGUEZ.
101 Mass. App. Ct. 54
February 4, 2022 - May 5, 2022
Court Below: Springfield District Court, Hampden County
Present: Massing, Grant, & Walsh, JJ.
No. 21-P-292.
Firearms. Practice, Criminal, Plea, New trial, Assistance of counsel.
A District Court judge erred in allowing, without holding an evidentiary hearing, a noncitizen criminal defendant's motion to withdraw his plea of guilty, made over twelve years earlier, on the ground that his plea counsel was ineffective for failing to advise him of the immigration…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Commonwealth v. SaferianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Commonwealth v. UptonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
- Commonwealth v. ClarkeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2011
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3Cited by1 opinion
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