COMMONWEALTH v. VALDEZ

SJC-12040.

475 Mass. 178 (2016)

COMMONWEALTH v. FRANK VALDEZ.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

August 17, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott W. Kramer for the defendant.

Jamie Michael Charles , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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

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


Under G. L. c. 278, § 29D, where a judge fails to advise a defendant during the plea colloquy that conviction may have the consequence of exclusion from admission to the United States, the conviction must be vacated upon motion of the defendant if the defendant shows that his or her conviction "may have" that consequence. The issue...

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