Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Tavernier
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided March 1, 2010No. 09-P-127PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKantrowitz, J.
Because of an inadequate plea colloquy, we *352are constrained to vacate nearly a score of guilty pleas. As two of the pleas were minimally sufficient, we affirm as to those charges.
Background. On May 12, 2004, the defendant, Jayson Tavernier, pleaded guilty to multiple charges contained in seven separate criminal complaints for criminal activity spanning a three and one-half year time period, and received an exceedingly generous fourteen-month sentence in a house of correction.1
In 2007, the defendant was indicted in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts and charged…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Brady v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Henderson v. MorganSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Commonwealth v. McGuirkMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Commonwealth v. ClermyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
- Commonwealth v. FurrMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- State v. AndersonDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2017
- Commonwealth v. SounMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2012
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