Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Santiago
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 7, 1985PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLynch, J.
The defendant’s postconviction motions to withdraw a guilty plea and to correct his sentence were denied by two Superior Court judges. We allowed the defendant’s application for direct appellate review.
The defendant claims that he agreed to plead guilty to several crimes because of a mistaken assumption that he would be eligible for parole after completing one-third of the minimum sentence imposed. The defendant also argues that it was prejudicial error for the sentencing judge to fail to follow exactly the procedure required by Mass. R. Crim. P. 12, 378 Mass. 866 (1979). Contending that…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Santobello v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Blackledge v. AllisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Commonwealth v. MahdiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Commonwealth v. MorrowMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Commonwealth v. GagnonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Commonwealth v. NolanMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1985
- Commonwealth v. WheelerMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2001
- Commonwealth v. RodriguezMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2001
- Commonwealth v. ThurstonMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2002
- Commonwealth v. HasonMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1989
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