COMMONWEALTH v. GOMEZ

SJC-12437.

480 Mass. 240 (2018)

COMMONWEALTH v. FRANKE GOMEZ.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

August 10, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dana Alan Curhan for the defendant.

Melissa Weisgold Johnsen , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

David Rangaviz , Committee for Public Counsel Services, for Committee for Public Counsel Services, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: GANTS, C.J., GAZIANO, LOWY, BUDD, CYPHER, & KAFKER, JJ.


In response to a reported question from a Superior Court judge, we decide whether a defendant may enter a guilty plea expressly conditioned on his or her right to appeal from the denial of a motion to suppress evidence, otherwise known as a conditional guilty plea. Although Mass. R. Crim. P. 12, as appearing in 470 Mass. 1501 (2015), does...

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