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COM. v. BABLE

248 Pa.Super. 496 (1977)

375 A.2d 350

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Kenneth Robert BABLE, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided June 29, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph E. Breman, Kittanning, for appellant.

James H. Owen, Assistant District Attorney, and Joseph A. Nickleach, District Attorney, Kittanning, for appellee.

Before WATKINS, President Judge, and JACOBS, HOFFMAN, CERCONE, PRICE, VAN der VOORT, and SPAETH, JJ.

HOFFMAN, Judge:

Appellant contends that the on-the-record colloquy prior to his guilty plea was deficient because the court failed both to establish a factual basis for the plea and to explain the elements of the offense charged.1 He also alleges that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to challenge the plea on direct appeal from the judgment of sentence. We agree and, therefore...

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