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Commonwealth v. Babcock

Citations

  • 521 N.E.2d 1065
  • 25 Mass. App. Ct. 688
  • 1988 Mass. App. LEXIS 260

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • when a defendant surrenders basic constitutional protections, the judge should engage in a probing exchange to determine whether the defendant understands what he is doing
  • colloquy unnecessary despite abbreviated procedure because “[tjhere [was] no expression by the defendant that he simply wanted to get the whole business over with”
  • as to stipulations of evidence

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Judges: Kass, Smith, Fine

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