McGUINNESS v. COMMONWEALTH


420 Mass. 495 (1995)

BRENDAN M. McGUINNESS vs. COMMONWEALTH.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

June 12, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Cosgrove, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Brendan M. McGuinness, pro se.

Present: LIACOS, C.J., ABRAMS, NOLAN, & LYNCH, JJ.


LYNCH, J.

The petitioner (whom we shall call the defendant) appeals from a single justice's order denying his petition pursuant to G.L.c. 211, § 3 (1992 ed.). The defendant sought relief from an order of a Superior Court judge denying his motion to revise or revoke his criminal sentence, pursuant to Mass. R. Crim. P. 29 (a), 378 Mass. 899 (1979). We affirm the judgment of the single justice.

On June 26, 1990, the defendant pleaded guilty to the charge...

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