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COM. v. HINES

496 Pa. 555 (1981)

437 A.2d 1180

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, v. William HINES, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 17, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Bogdon, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Robert E. Colville, Dist. Atty., Robert L. Eberhardt, Deputy Dist. Atty., Kathryn L. Simpson, Asst. Dist. Atty., Pittsburgh, for appellee.

Before O'BRIEN, C.J., and ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY and KAUFFMAN and WILKINSON, JJ.

OPINION

ROBERTS, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County denying appellant's petition for postconviction relief. In the petition, appellant sought to withdraw his guilty plea, as he had in the trial court both before and after sentencing, on the ground that it was involuntarily entered. We conclude that the trial court improperly accepted appellant's plea of guilty...

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