COM. v. CARTER


540 Pa. 135 (1995)

656 A.2d 463

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Deering CARTER a/k/a Deering Ernest Carter a/k/a Jonathan Jones Deering Ernest Carter a/k/a Deering E. Carter, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 23, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lester G. Nauhaus, Public Defender, Shelley Stark, Chief-Appellate Div., James G. Stock, Appellate Counsel, Andrea I. Konow, for appellant.

Robert E. Colville, Dist. Atty., Kemal A. Mericli, Scott A. Bradley, Asst. Dist. Attys., for appellee.

Before NIX, C.J., and FLAHERTY, ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE and MONTEMURO, JJ.


OPINION

CASTILLE, Justice.

The sole issue before this Court is whether appellant's trial counsel was ineffective for failing to correct an allegedly "defective nolo contendere plea colloquy or move for withdrawal of the pleas on these grounds where the defendant was never advised of the maximum aggregate sentence which could be imposed." For the reasons expressed below, we affirm the Superior Court's affirmance of the judgments of sentence.

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