Commonwealth v. Morris

Agnes, A.J.

I. Introduction

Defendant Ronald Morris (“Defendant”) has pled guilty to two counts of rape of a child (G.L.c. 265, §23) and two counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under the age of 14 (G.L.c. 265, §13B). During the plea colloquy, he was advised that one of the consequences of pleading guilty was that he could be on parole for the remainder of his life pursuant to the Massachusetts Community Parole Supervision for Life Law, codified in G.L.c. 265, §45, G.L.c. 275, §18, and G.L.c. 127, §133D. These statutes are reproduced in the Appendix to this decision. Defendant has…