Commonwealth v. Lenhoff

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• holding that when considering a motion to withdraw a plea, the court should examine whether the defendant pled guilty to avoid a maximum sentence which, by law, could not have been imposed
• holding gun application creates legal relation with Commonwealth
• vacating guilty - 15 - J-A08011-13 plea, where defendant entered plea to avoid sentence for second degree felony as charged, but his offense should have been graded as third degree felony; plea negotiations were deemed fatally flawed
• where plea negotiations were flawed from outset by incorrect sentencing parameters, defendant was entitled to withdraw plea
• the parties mistakenly -7- J-S20019-16 believed that the defendant committed a second-degree felony, when the defendant actually committed a third-degree felony
• the parties mistakenly believed that the defendant committed a second-degree felony, when the defendant actually committed a third-degree felony

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