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COMMONWEALTH v. LAVRINENKO

SJC-11792.

473 Mass. 42 (2015)

COMMONWEALTH, v. PAVEL LAVRINENKO.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

October 5, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Merritt Schnipper for the defendant.

Cynthia Cullen Payne , Assistant District Attorney ( Jane Davidson Montori , Assistant District Attorney, with her) for the Commonwealth.

Wendy S. Wayne & Jennifer Klein , Committee for Public Counsel Services, & Laura Murray-Tjan , for Committee for Public Counsel Services, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: GANTS, C.J., SPINA, CORDY, BOTSFORD, DUFFLY, LENK, & HINES, JJ.

The issue on appeal is whether a noncitizen defendant, admitted into the United States as a refugee, is entitled to withdraw his guilty plea to a complaint charging assault by means of a dangerous weapon, where his attorney did not make a reasonable inquiry regarding the defendant's citizenship...

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