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COMMONWEALTH v. SIMPSON

434 Pa. 439 (1969)

Commonwealth v. Simpson, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

May 28, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marvin R. Halbert, for appellant.

Victor J. DiNubile, Jr. and James D. Crawford, Assistant District Attorneys, Richard A. Sprague, First Assistant District Attorney, and Arlen Specter, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before BELL, C.J., JONES, COHEN, EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS and POMEROY, JJ.

OPINION PER CURIAM, May 28, 1969:

Appellant attacks the validity of his guilty plea on the ground that he had been promised a lesser sentence by his trial counsel. The statements of counsel in the record indicate the contrary. The burden of proving an illegal inducement of a guilty plea falls on appellant when the record of a colloquy clearly shows a valid plea. Commonwealth v. Grays, 428 Pa. 109, 237 A.2d 198 (1968). The existence...

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