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· 3/1/2002

Commonwealth v. Muhammad

Citations

  • 794 A.2d 378
  • 2002 Pa. Super. 55
  • 2002 Pa. Super. LEXIS 206

How courts have described this case

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  • observing that a defendant can challenge the voluntariness of his guilty plea in a post-sentence motion to withdraw a guilty plea
  • stating that appellant voluntarily entered a guilty plea where he read the guilty plea colloquy and understood the basic tenets of the guilty plea
  • explaining that defendants are bound by statements that they make during guilty plea colloquies and may not later assert claims which contradict those statements
  • stating that appellant cannot claim that he involuntarily entered a guilty plea where he stated that no one threatened him to plead guilty
  • stating that appellant cannot claim that he involuntarily entered a guilty plea where he stated that no one threatened him to plead guilty
  • explaining that challenge to imposition of consecutive sentences involves discretionary aspects of sentencing

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Judges: McEwen, Stevens, Hester

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