COMMONWEALTH v. BALLIRO


437 Mass. 163 (2002)

COMMONWEALTH v. ROCCO A. BALLIRO.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

June 14, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell J. Redgate for the defendant.

Jane A. Sullivan, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: MARSHALL, C.J., GREANEY, IRELAND, SPINA, COWIN, SOSMAN, & CORDY, JJ.


IRELAND, J.

After (1) pleading guilty to two indictments charging murder in the first degree in 1965, (2) his first unsuccessful motion to withdraw his guilty pleas, based on coercion, and (3) an unsuccessful petition for habeas corpus, the defendant, Rocco A. Balliro, alleged in his second motion to withdraw his guilty pleas that his plea counsel rendered ineffective assistance because he was subject to a conflict of interest...

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