COM. v. GOLINSKY


426 Pa.Super. 319 (1993)

626 A.2d 1224

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Richard GOLINSKY, Appellee.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed June 21, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kemal A. Mericli, Asst. Dist. Atty., Pittsburgh, for Com., appellant.

Steven Savor, Jr., Pittsburgh, for appellee.

Before BECK, KELLY and HOFFMAN, JJ.


KELLY, Judge.

In this case, we are called upon to determine whether a defendant must be informed of the possibility of a mandatory sentence before his waiver of a jury trial can be considered voluntary and intelligent. We hold that appellee, Richard Golinsky,1 validly waived his right to a jury trial although neither the Commonwealth nor his attorney nor the trial court informed him...

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