Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 4/27/1987

Commonwealth v. Lewis

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506 N.E.2d 891
399 Mass. 761
1987 Mass. LEXIS 1277

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holding that whether pleading guilty or offering to submit case to court on facts proffered by prosecution, defendant was entitled to affirmative demonstration in record that his action was voluntary and intelligent in view of fundamental constitutional rights waived
holding that whether pleading guilty or offering to submit case to court on facts proffered by prosecution, defendant was entitled to affirmative demonstration in record that his action was voluntary and intelligent in view of fundamental constitutional rights waived
reversing conviction for absence of colloquy where “parties stipulated to what the Commonwealth’s evidence would be” and defendant offered no evidence
defendant offered to plead guilty or to admit to sufficient facts; same safeguards triggered

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Judges: Abrams, Liacos, Nolan, O'Connor, Wilkins

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