Massachusetts Appeals Court January 16, 2019, 17-P-1391 (Commonwealth v. Garcia)

The defendant appeals from an order of a Boston Municipal Court judge denying his motion to vacate his guilty pleas on two counts of assault by means of a dangerous weapon, G. L. c. 265, § 15B, and one count of discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a building, G. L. c. 269, § 12E. On appeal, he principally maintains that the guilty pleas were not intelligently made.