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COMMONWEALTH v. MONROE

227 Pa.Super. 495 (1974)

Commonwealth v. Monroe, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

April 3, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen P. Swem, Trial Defender, John J. Dean, Assistant Public Defender, and George H. Ross, Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert L. Eberhardt, Assistant District Attorney, and Robert W. Duggan, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before WRIGHT, P.J., WATKINS, JACOBS, HOFFMAN, CERCONE, and SPAETH, JJ. (SPAULDING, J., absent).

OPINION PER CURIAM, April 3, 1974:

In this appeal from an order dismissing a Post Conviction Hearing Act petition, appellant contends that his 1966 guilty plea to a robbery charge was unknowingly made and induced by his attorney's promise of a sentence of probation in return for the plea.

At the hearing on the petition, appellant's trial counsel testified that he always informed his clients of their rights to plead not guilty, to proceed to a jury trial, and...

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