Legal Opinion
McGuinness v. Commonwealth
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 12, 1995PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLynch, J.
The petitioner (whom we shall call the defendant) appeals from a single justice’s order denying his petition pursuant to G. L. c. 211, § 3 (1992 ed.). The defendant sought relief from an order of a Superior Court judge denying his motion to revise or revoke his criminal sentence, pursuant to Mass. R. Crim. P. 29 (a), 378 Mass. 899 (1979). We affirm the judgment of the single justice.
On June 26, 1990, the defendant pleaded guilty to the charge of armed robbery.1 The judge accepted the defendant’s guilty plea and sentenced him to twenty years at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Commonwealth v. DelgadoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts, Inc. v. Operation RescueMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
- Costarelli v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Soja v. T. P. Sampson Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Dunbrack v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
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3Cited by58 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. Clerk-Magistrate of the West Roxbury Division of the District Court DepartmentMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2003
- McMenimen v. PassatempoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2008
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