COM. v. SIMPSON


290 Pa.Super. 11 (1981)

434 A.2d 103

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Gregory SIMPSON, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed July 10, 1981.

Reargument Denied September 4, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burton A. Rose, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Gaele McLaughlin Barthold, Assistant District Attorney, Philadelphia, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before SPAETH, JOHNSON and WIEAND, JJ.


SPAETH, Judge:

This is an appeal from an order denying relief under the Post Conviction Hearing Act.1 The issue is whether appellant should be granted a new trial because the guilty plea colloquy was defective. The plea was entered as the result of a plea bargain. The record shows that had counsel informed appellant that the colloquy was defective, appellant would not have withdrawn his plea and gone to trial, but would have accepted the...

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