COMMONWEALTH v. SYLVESTER

SJC-11966.

476 Mass. 1 (2016)

COMMONWEALTH v. WILLIAM JOSEPH SYLVESTER.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

November 9, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey Harris for the defendant.

Susanne M. O'Neil , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Merritt Schnipper , for Committee for Public Counsel Services, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

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


The issue in this appeal is whether plea counsel was constitutionally ineffective under the right to counsel guaranties of the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution or art. 12 of the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights when counsel advised the defendant in 2002 that he would need to "register" if he decided to plead guilty...

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