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· 7/1/1983

Commonwealth v. Fultz

Citations

  • 462 A.2d 1340
  • 316 Pa. Super. 260
  • 1983 Pa. Super. LEXIS 3600

How courts have described this case

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  • assertion of ineffective assistance of counsel following an entry of a guilty plea will be a basis for relief only if there is a causal nexus between the alleged ineffectiveness and appellant’s entry of what amounts to an unknowing or involuntary plea
  • wherein we held that an assertion of ineffective assistance of counsel following the entry of a guilty plea will afford a basis for relief only if there can be demonstrated some causal nexus between the alleged ineffectiveness and entry of what amounts to an unknowing and involuntary plea

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Judges: Cercone, President Judge, and Wickersham and Montemuro

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