Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Fenton F.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 9, 2004PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtIreland, J.
Pursuant to a 1993 plea agreement, the defendant pleaded delinquent by reason of murder in the first degree, armed robbery, and possession of a firearm without a license. The defendant was sentenced to from fifteen to twenty years, *32pursuant to G. L. c. 119, § 72, as amended through St. 1992, c. 398, § 4, twenty years being the maximum under the statute.2 After a hearing conducted in 2003, almost ten years after the plea agreement and sentencing, the judge granted the defendant’s motion to revise or revoke his sentence. The judge entertained this belated motion to revise or revoke on the…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Roe v. Flores-OrtegaSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Commonwealth v. SaferianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Commonwealth v. MatchettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Commonwealth v. ComitaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Commonwealth v. KolenovicMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2015
- Holmes v. SpencerCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2012
- Commonwealth v. GloverMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2011
- Commonwealth v. SimmonsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2007
- Commonwealth v. Yardley Y.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2013
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