Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 8/30/1989

Commonwealth v. Cole

Citations

564 A.2d 203
387 Pa. Super. 328
1989 Pa. Super. LEXIS 2676

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holding that a defendant will not be permitted to postpone the final disposition of his case by lying to the court concerning his culpability and thereafter withdraw his plea of guilty by contradict ing his prior testimony and asserting innocence
stating that “where a defendant has asserted innocence ... it has been held to be an abuse of discretion for a trial court to deny a pre-sentence petition for withdrawal of a guilty plea.”
stating that “where a defendant has asserted innocence . . . it has been held to be an abuse of discretion for a trial court to deny a pre-sentence petition for withdrawal of a guilty plea.”
where Commonwealth’s key witness had left the jurisdiction after the guilty plea had been accepted
a criminal defendant will not be permitted to play fast and loose with the guilty plea process in order to delay prosecution
a criminal defendant will not be permitted to play fast and loose with the guilty plea process in order to delay prosecution

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Judges: Cirillo, Cavanaugh, Rowley, Wieand, McEwen, Beck, Kelly, Popovich, Melinson

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