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COMMONWEALTH v. GOODREAU

No. 01-P-1189.

58 Mass. App. Ct. 552 (2003)

COMMONWEALTH v. ROBERT E. GOODREAU.

Court of Appeals of Massachusetts, Hampden.

July 14, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan Jay Black for the defendant.

Jane Davidson Montori, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: LENK, CYPHER, & MILLS, JJ.

LENK, J.

The issue before us is whether the motion judge should have conducted an evidentiary hearing before acting on the defendant's motion to withdraw his guilty plea and for a new trial. We conclude that, in the circumstances, such a hearing should have been held.

Procedural background. The defendant, Robert E. Goodreau, was indicted for murder in the first degree on June 10, 1991, in connection...

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