Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Brown
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 14, 1979No. 181 Special Transfer DocketPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Per curiam
Edward Brown entered a plea of guilty to murder on June 21, 1973. After a degree of guilt hearing, he was adjudged guilty of murder in the first degree and sentenced to life imprisonment. On direct appeal, only the sufficiency of the evidence was challenged. The Supreme Court affirmed per curiam. Commonwealth v. Brown, 465 Pa. 291, 349 A.2d 911 (1976).
On April 12, 1976, Brown filed a P.C.H.A. petition in which he alleged that his plea of guilty was invalid because not entered knowingly and intelligently. After hearing, the lower court concluded that the guilty plea colloquy had been defective…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Washington v. MaroneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
- Commonwealth v. IngramSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- Commonwealth v. MinorSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
- Commonwealth v. LaSaneSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- Commonwealth v. WaddySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Commonwealth v. AllenSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Commonwealth v. FowlerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
- Commonwealth v. AllenSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Commonwealth v. FowlerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
- Commonwealth v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
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