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· 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.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Pomeroy, Nix, Manderino, Larsen

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