COMMONWEALTH v. McGUIRE


421 Mass. 236 (1995)

COMMONWEALTH vs. RICHARD McGUIRE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

November 6, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geoffrey E. Spofford for the defendant.

Elizabeth Dunphy Farris, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: LIACOS, C.J., WILKINS, LYNCH, & O'CONNOR, JJ.


WILKINS, J.

On December 5, 1989, the defendant pleaded guilty to multiple indictments charging forcible rape of two children under sixteen years and indecent assault and battery on two children under fourteen years. In July, 1992, he moved for a new trial asserting that, because his lawyer had been suspended from the practice of law at the time that he pleaded guilty to the charges, he was denied his constitutional right...

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