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COMMONWEALTH v. SUTTON

465 Pa. 335 (1976)

350 A.2d 793

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. James Leroy SUTTON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided January 29, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis V. Williams, Erie, for appellant.

Robert H. Chase, Dist. Atty., Bernard L. Siegel, 1st Asst. Dist. Atty., Erie, for appellee.

Before EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY and MANDERINO, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

O'BRIEN, Justice.

This appeal arises from an order refusing the request of appellant, James Leroy Sutton, to withdraw his guilty plea to a general charge of murder, and his subsequent conviction for first-degree murder and sentence of life imprisonment.

The sole issue presented deals with the sufficiency of the on-the-record colloquy held prior to appellant's guilty plea, as required...

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