QUINCY - The state’s highest court has denied the request of a man who sought to withdraw his plea in a Quincy indecent assault case because he wasn’t told about the consequences of having to register as a sex offender.In a decision issued Wednesday, the Supreme Judicial Court ruled that William J. Sylvester’s constitutional right to legal representation was not violated when his lawyer in 2002 advised him that a guilty plea would require him to "register" [...]
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