State v. Weyland
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The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of murder, entered by the trial court following Defendant's guilty plea, holding that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying Defendant's motion to withdraw her guilty plea and did not abuse its discretion or misapply sentencing principles in sentencing Defendant.
Specifically, the Supreme Judicial Court held (1) contrary to Defendant's asserting on appeal, the court did not abuse its discretion in concluding that Defendant understood the nature of the offense charged and voluntarily entered the plea, and therefore, the trial court did not err in denying Defendant's motion to withdraw her guilty plea; and (2) the trial court did not misapply sentencing principles in determining the basic period of incarceration.
The court issued a subsequent related opinion or order on November 3, 2020.
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