COMMONWEALTH v. ADAMS


236 Pa.Super. 82 (1975)

Commonwealth v. Adams, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

September 22, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Franklin Martin and Robert E. Graham, Assistant Public Defenders, and Blake E. Martin, Public Defender, for appellant.

Edward S. Newlin, Assistant District Attorney, Edwin D. Strite, Jr., Deputy District Attorney, and John R. Walker, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before WATKINS, P.J., JACOBS, HOFFMAN, CERCONE, PRICE, VAN DER VOORT, and SPAETH, JJ.


OPINION BY CERCONE, J., September 22, 1975:

On November 16, 1970, appellant pleaded guilty to the charge of assault with intent to kill. Appellant then unsuccessfully appealed claiming his 7 year sentence was excessive. On September 21, 1971, appellant filed a petition pursuant to the Post Conviction Hearing Act1 claiming that his guilty plea was unlawfully induced because his counsel indicated that his sentence would be served in the...

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