COMMONWEALTH v. BOLDUC


375 Mass. 530 (1978)

378 N.E.2d 661

COMMONWEALTH vs. FRANCIS T. BOLDUC.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

June 28, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel C. Mullane, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

P.J. Piscitelli for the defendant.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., QUIRICO, BRAUCHER, KAPLAN, & WILKINS, JJ.


QUIRICO, J.

This is an appeal from the denial of a motion for a new trial, by which the defendant seeks to vacate the guilty pleas he entered in 1960 to thirty-four indictments for armed robbery and related crimes. The defendant contends that the pleas were made involuntarily and that he was denied his right to the effective assistance of counsel.

The findings of the judge who heard the motion for a new trial (motion judge) are summarized. On July 13, 1960...

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