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The two defendants sat in opposite corners of the room with their families until they were called by Judge Peter Agnes to change their pleas.
As they changed their pleas Friday, their lawyers argued the court should follow the procedure outlined in a 1971 Mass. Supreme Judical Court decision, Commonwealth v. Brandano.
Agnes warned them that they risked conviction and a maximum penalty of five years in prison if he chose to accept their guilty pleas or was ordered to do so by an appellate court.
But Agnes also said that if he chose to impose a more severe punishment than the two years probation the defendants’ lawyers are asking for, he would allow them to take back their guilty pleas.
Pomey and Gomes will next appear in court Oct. 3, when the judge will decide whether or not to accept their pleas.