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COMMONWEALTH v. RODGERS

446 Pa. 313 (1971)

Commonwealth v. Rodgers, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

December 29, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Faust Mattioni, for appellant.

Richard Max Bockol and Milton M. Stein, Assistant District Attorneys, James D. Crawford, Deputy District Attorney, Richard A. Sprague, First Assistant District Attorney, and Arlen Specter, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before BELL, C.J., JONES, EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY and BARBIERI, JJ.

OPINION PER CURIAM, December 29, 1971:

Order affirmed.

DISSENTING OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS:

I dissent because the record indicates the assertion of facts by appellant totally inconsistent with his guilt of murder. His statement, "I do plead guilty to accident shooting . . .", is insufficient to support a factual basis for a plea of guilty to murder. ABA Project on Minimum Standards for Criminal Justice, Standards Relating to Pleas of Guilty ...

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