Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Williams

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 1, 2018No. 1236 EDA 2017PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY OLSON, J.:

Appellant, Frederick Williams, appeals from the judgment of sentence entered on March 24, 2017, as made final by the denial of his post-sentence motion on April 6, 2017. As part of his plea agreement, Appellant stipulated that the Commonwealth would be substantially prejudiced if he attempted to withdraw his guilty plea. We hold that this stipulation was binding. Accordingly, we affirm in part, vacate in part, and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

On July 28, 2011, Appellant lured an employee of an antique store to a van by claiming it contained…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. GriffinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
  2. Commonwealth v. BrownSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
  3. Commonwealth, Aplt. v. Carrasquillo, J.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2015
  4. Commonwealth v. EliaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
  5. Commonwealth v. KpouSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2016

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3Cited by27 opinions

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