COM. v. JOHNSON


258 Pa.Super. 214 (1978)

392 A.2d 760

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Joseph West JOHNSON, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 20, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald F. Kidd, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Steven H. Goldblatt, Assistant District Attorney and F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, District Attorney, Philadelphia, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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


CERCONE, Judge:

This appeal concerns the validity of appellant's guilty pleas entered on November 10, 1975 to two indictments. Appellant, Joseph Johnson, contends that his guilty pleas were not voluntarily entered. Since appellant failed to follow the requisite procedure for the withdrawal of his guilty pleas, his appeal is not ripe for review at this time.

Appellant has made the common, but no longer condoned, mistake of attacking the validity of a guilty...

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