Commonwealth v. Jefferson

The defendant brings this bill of exceptions as the result of the denial of his motion for a new trial (see Commonwealth v. Penrose, 363 Mass. 677 [1973]) following pleas of guilty to parts of two indictments (54590 and 54594) and to four other charges.1 The motion was in ef*353feet based on the claim that the pleas were not made voluntarily with an understanding of the nature of the charges and the consequences of the pleas and, therefore, that the defendant was denied his rights under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution and art. 12 of the Massachusetts…