COM. v. WEST


250 Pa.Super. 557 (1977)

378 A.2d 1289

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Stanley Q. WEST, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 6, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory V. Smith, Williamsport, for appellant.

J. Michael Williamson, Lock Haven, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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


SPAETH, Judge:

The dispositive issue on this appeal is whether the lower court abused its discretion in refusing to permit appellant to withdraw his plea of nolo contendere.

Appellant, a medical doctor practicing in Clinton County, was indicted on 54 counts charging him with unlawfully dispensing prescriptions for controlled drugs. On November 12, 1975, appellant pleaded nolo contendere to four counts charging violation of § 13(a)(14) of...

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