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Commonwealth v. Rzepphiewski

Citations

  • 431 Mass. 48
  • 725 N.E.2d 210
  • 2000 Mass. LEXIS 112

How courts have described this case

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

  • § 29 entitles defendant to withdraw plea “if, at the time the plea was entered, the judge failed to give the required deportation advisement”
  • judge may discredit \a defendant's affidavit[] even if nothing in the record directly disputes [it]\
  • “[tjhe judge’s recitation of facts and statement of his customary practice in taking pleas need not be in the form of testimony before another judge”
  • judge’s reliance on his customary practice in taking guilty pleas a legitimate means of reconstructing record of a plea hearing
  • motion judge exercises sound discretion in ruling on motion to vacate guilty plea

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Judges: Lynch

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