COMMONWEALTH v. BURTON


214 Pa.Super. 145 (1969)

Commonwealth v. Burton, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

March 20, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mervyn R. Turk, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Ralph B. D'Iorio and Anna Iwachiw Vadino, Assistant District Attorneys, and Stephen J. McEwen, Jr., District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before WRIGHT, P.J., WATKINS, MONTGOMERY, JACOBS, HOFFMAN, SPAULDING, and HANNUM, JJ.


OPINION PER CURIAM, March 20, 1969:

Order affirmed.

DISSENTING OPINION BY HOFFMAN, J.:

This case involves an attack on a guilty plea.

The facts are not in dispute and have been aptly summarized by the lower court. Appellant had been charged with armed holdup. He was tried before a jury and faced a maximum penalty of ten to twenty years imprisonment if convicted. The Commonwealth presented...

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