Commonwealth v. Brown

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that the law does not require an appellant be pleased with the results of the decision to enter a guilty plea, but rather, the decision must be knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently made
• stating that the law does not require an appellant be pleased with the results of the decision to enter a guilty plea, but rather, the decision must be knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently made
• noting that “[a] defendant is bound by the statements made during the plea colloquy, and a defendant may not later offer reasons for withdrawing the plea that contradict statements made when he pled”
• noting that a defendant is bound by the statements made during the plea colloquy, and a defendant may not later offer reasons for withdrawing the plea that contradict statements made when he pleaded guilty
• noting that a defendant need not be pleased with the results of the decision to enter a guilty plea; all that is required is that the defendant’s decision to plead guilty be knowingly, voluntarily and intelligently made
• stating, “[a] defendant is bound by the statements made during the plea colloquy, and a defendant may not later offer reasons for withdrawing the plea that contradict statements made when he[, or she,] pled”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Wholaver, E., Aplt.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-01-11· cited 267×
• Commonwealth v. Feliciano
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-07-01· cited 126×
• Commonwealth v. Greco
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-02-08· cited 71×
• Com. v. Myrick, E.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-11-08
• Com. v. Kapellusch, D.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2024-09-10

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Anderson
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-04-21· cited 315×
• Commonwealth v. Moser
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-04-04· cited 198×
• Commonwealth v. McCauley
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-10-19· cited 120×
• Commonwealth v. Miner
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-04-23· cited 100×
• Commonwealth v. Bennett
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-03-28· cited 13×