Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Desrosier
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided November 1, 2002No. 01-P-169PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCohen, J.
On February 5, 1991, the defendant, then under indictment for murder in the first degree, pleaded guilty to a charge of murder in the second degree in connection with the death of Karen Barriere. His plea was accepted by a judge of the Superior Court, after a colloquy in which the defendant stated that he had no reason to doubt that the crime occurred in the manner described by the prosecutor, even though he had no independent recollection of the killing because he had blacked out from alcohol consumption.
*349Approximately five years after he pleaded guilty, the defendant, acting pro se, filed a…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Henderson v. MorganSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Commonwealth v. FosterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Commonwealth v. DeMarcoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Commonwealth v. FurrMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009
- Desrosier v. BissonnetteCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2007
- Commonwealth v. GrantMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2010
- Commonwealth v. Brannon B.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 2006
- Commonwealth v. BowlerMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2003
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