Commonwealth v. Minarik

OPINION CONCURRING IN THE JUDGMENT

ROBERTS, Judge.

The trial court was correct in its substantive determination that appellee’s guilty plea colloquy violated the requirements of Commonwealth v. Minor, 467 Pa. 230, 356 A.2d 346 (1976). However, the trial court must be reversed because the court committed procedural error in failing to dismiss appellee’s challenge to his guilty plea colloquy as untimely.

Commonwealth v. Minor Remains Controlling Law

The opinion of Mr. Justice Larsen, which commands the votes of only three of six justices, does not reflect the view of a majority of the Court. Where,…