Commonwealth v. Shekerko

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• concluding that because appellant’s plea was knowingly entered, plea counsel was not ineffective
• concluding that because appellant’s plea was knowingly entered, plea counsel was not ineffective
• our law is clear that, to be valid, guilty plea must be knowingly, voluntarily and intelligently entered
• analysis of voluntariness of plea warrants consideration of totality of circumstances surrounding entry of guilty plea
• because Shekerko pled guilty, the truth- determining process is not implicated under 42 Pa.C.S. § 9543(a)(2)(ii); thus, his ineffectiveness claim in context of guilty plea fell under section 9543(a)(2)(iii), concerning the lawfulness of his plea
• because Shekerko pled guilty, the truth-determining process is not implicated under 42 Pa.C.S. § 9543(a)(2)(ii); thus, his ineffectiveness claim in context of guilty plea fell under section 9543(a)(2)(iii), concerning the lawfulness of his plea

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