SOSMAN, J.
The issue on appeal is whether the motion judge abused his considerable discretion when, without first conducting an evidentiary hearing, he denied the defendant's motion for a new trial. The Appeals Court, opining that the affidavits submitted in support of the motion were sufficient to raise a serious issue with respect to the defendant's competence at the time of his guilty plea, held that the judge had abused his discretion in ruling on the motion without...
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