ABRAMS, J.
The Commonwealth claims that the judge erred in granting the defendant's motion to withdraw his plea of guilty one week after the plea was accepted and a sentence imposed. We agree.
Once accepted, "[a] plea of guilty differs in purpose and effect from a mere admission or an extra-judicial confession; it is itself a conviction.... More is not required; the court has nothing to do but give judgment and sentence." Machibroda v. United States...
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