Commonwealth v. Cooke

POPOVICH, Judge:

The present appeal stems from the lower court’s Order denying, without a hearing, appellant’s “Motion To Withdraw Guilty Plea And To Have Outside Counsel Appointed.” 1 For the reasons set forth herein, we vacate the Judgment of Sentence and the Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster County and remand for proceedings consistent with this Opinion.

On February 13, 1980, appellant entered a plea of guilty to a charge of resisting arrest 2 and was sentenced, on the same day, to a period of probation for two years, fined $100.00 plus costs of prosecution and ordered to make…