· 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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