Commonwealth v. Callahan

These appeals arise from the sentencing of the defendant following his guilty plea to a charge of armed robbery in violation of G. L. c. 265, § 17 (1992 ed.), and to *307several other offenses.1 The defendant was sentenced to from six to ten years at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Cedar Junction. He appealed his sentence to the Appellate Division of the Superior Court. The Appellate Division ordered that the armed robbery sentence be increased to from nine to twelve years.2 The defendant then filed motions in the Superior Court pursuant to Mass. R. Crim. P. 29 (a), 378 Mass. 899…