Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 10/6/1976

Commonwealth v. Hubbard

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355 N.E.2d 469
371 Mass. 160
1976 Mass. LEXIS 1149

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even if suffering from amnesia as to commission of crime, defendant was competent to plead guilty if he was able to consult with attorney and weigh options
counsel made no offer of proof and then unresponsive offer of proof when questions put to defendant during direct examination were excluded; “failure to make an offer of proof when it is required is fatal”
the defendant, having pleaded guilty on a facially sufficient contemporaneous record, later claimed that at the time of his plea he had amnesia and therefore had not been competent to make the plea; the defendant had the burden of proving the facts he alleged

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Judges: Hennessey, Kaplan, Quirico, Wilkins

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