COM. v. WILCOX


312 Pa.Super. 184 (1983)

458 A.2d 575

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Anthony WILCOX, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed March 25, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allan L. Tereshko, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Robert B. Lawler, Assistant District Attorney, Philadelphia, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before McEWEN, JOHNSON and HOFFMAN, JJ.


McEWEN, Judge:

We here consider an appeal from the judgment of sentence in which appellant challenges the denial of his motion to vacate his negotiated plea of guilty to second degree murder for which he was sentenced to a term of imprisonment for life. We affirm.

Appellant argues that his guilty plea was not entered knowingly and voluntarily since: (1) the prosecutor "bargained unfairly with an unrealistic threat of a potential death penalty"; and (2) he...

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