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COMMONWEALTH v. WILLIAMS

456 Pa. 377 (1974)

Commonwealth v. Williams, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

July 1, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis G.F. Retacco, and Nicholas A. Clemente, for appellant.

Louis A. Perez, Jr. and David Richman, Assistant District Attorneys, Abraham J. Gafni, Deputy District Attorney, Richard A. Sprague, First Assistant District Attorney, and F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before JONES, C.J., EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE JONES, July 1, 1974:

Following a negotiated guilty plea to a charge of murder1 and to a charge of unlawful carrying of a firearm without a license, appellant was sentenced to six to fifteen years on the murder bill with a concurrent sentence of one and one-half to three years on the weapons charge. Appellant's only argument on this appeal is that his guilty plea was not knowingly and voluntarily entered since...

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