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Commonwealth v. Nolan

Citations

  • 475 N.E.2d 763
  • 19 Mass. App. Ct. 491
  • 1985 Mass. App. LEXIS 1627

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  • defendant challenging constitutional adequacy of guilty plea may choose to stand on contemporaneous record without extraneous evidence
  • if deviation from procedure for accepting guilty plea “did not significantly affect the substance of the particular requirement,” the postconviction attack fails
  • no formula should be followed mechanically, as it would interfere with probing exchange
  • defendant not advised of his privilege against self-incrimination and the right of confrontation

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Judges: Armstrong, Kaplan, Smith

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