· 11/18/1978
Commonwealth v. Chumley
Citations
- 394 A.2d 497
- 482 Pa. 626
- 1978 Pa. LEXIS 1120
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- stating guilty plea constitutes waiver of rights associated with trial; knowledge of supplementary rights is not necessary to validate plea
- finding absence of information regarding appellate rights in the colloquy did not render a defendant’s plea unknowing or involuntary
- approving a description of legal malice, for third-degree murder purposes, which incorporated a “specific intent to inflict great bodily injury”
- approving a description of legal malice, for third-degree murder purposes, which incorporated a \specific intent to inflict great bodily injury\
- stating guilty plea constitutes waiver of rights associated with trial; knowledge of supplementary rights is not necessary to validate plea
- \Counsels' failure to file frivolous motions cannot support a claim that counsels' 'ineffectiveness' induced [a] plea and rendered it invalid.\
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Judges: Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Pomeroy, Nix, Manderino, Larsen
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