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Commonwealth v. Willis

Citations

  • 369 A.2d 1189
  • 471 Pa. 50
  • 1977 Pa. LEXIS 566

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • mandating that trial court, during plea colloquy, elicit information set forth in Comment to Rule 590
  • mandating that trial court, during plea colloquy, elicit information set forth in Comment to Rule 590
  • reversing judgment of sentence where record plea colloquy did not inform defendant of presumption of innocence
  • reversing judgment of sentence where record plea colloquy did not inform defendant of presumption of innocence
  • reflecting the mandatory requirement for a plea court to adduce a factual basis for the plea during a guilty plea colloquy
  • reflecting the mandatory requirement for a plea court to adduce a factual basis for the plea during a guilty plea colloquy

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Judges: Jones, Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Pomeroy, Nix, Manderino

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