COMMONWEALTH v. STEWART


221 Pa.Super. 1 (1972)

Commonwealth v. Stewart, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

March 24, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Barclay Surrick, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

O. Warren Higgins and Ralph B. D'Iorio, Assistant District Attorneys, and Stephen J. McEwen, Jr., District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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


OPINION BY HOFFMAN, J., March 24, 1972:

In this direct appeal appellant maintains that he was unlawfully sentenced and urges that the sentences so imposed should be vacated and that he be given in their stead a suspended sentence.

The facts in the case are as follows:

On January 17, 1961, appellant pleaded guilty before the Honorable Judge TOAL to a series of burglaries and rapes.

After the pleas were taken, defense counsel informed the court...

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