COMMONWEALTH v. DOR

No. 19-P-1683.

99 Mass. App. Ct. 903 (2020)

COMMONWEALTH v. JONALSON DOR.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts.

December 14, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Crane for the defendant.

Houston Armstrong , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.


Rescript

In Commonwealth v. Villalobos, 437 Mass. 797, 802-804 (2002), the Supreme Judicial Court observed that the immigration warning then prescribed by G. L. c. 278, § 29D, did not adequately warn criminal defendants that an admission to sufficient facts, leading to a continuance without a finding, could lead to adverse immigration consequences. In response, the Legislature amended the statute, which previously...

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