Commonwealth v. Jefferson

2 Citing cases

  1. Commonwealth v. Nolan

    19 Mass. App. Ct. 491 (Mass. App. Ct. 1985)   Cited 48 times
    Involving a guilty plea

    He pointed, instead, to the omission of reference in the colloquy to confrontation and self-incrimination. Disposing of the appeal, we wrote, Commonwealth v. Nolan, 16 Mass. App. Ct. 994 (1983): (1) The motion, as originally framed, was correctly denied. See Commonwealth v. Jefferson, 4 Mass. App. Ct. 352, 356 (1976); Commonwealth v. Cepulonis, 9 Mass. App. Ct. 302, 311 (1980), and cases cited. (2) In our view there was no per se rule that entitled a defendant to impeach a conviction solely for the reason latterly relied on by counsel.

  2. Commonwealth v. Cepulonis

    9 Mass. App. Ct. 302 (Mass. App. Ct. 1980)   Cited 26 times
    In Commonwealth v. Cepulonis, 9 Mass.App.Ct. 302, 308-309 (1980), S.C., 384 Mass. 495 (1981), counsel advised the defendant he would be eligible for parole in eighteen months when in reality the defendant would be eligible for parole after serving at least forty months.

    Commonwealth v. Stanton, supra at 622. Accord, Commonwealth v. Jefferson, 4 Mass. App. Ct. 352, 355 (1976); Commonwealth v. Brown, 6 Mass. App. Ct. 844 (1978). The limitations on, or requirements for, parole are but "contingent consequences of being confined."