Commonwealth v. Castner

PRICE, Judge:

On March 16, 1976, appellant pleaded guilty to charges of robbery,1 theft2 and recklessly endangering another person.3 *401Following sentencing, appellant filed a direct appeal to this court challenging the plea as not knowingly, intelligently or voluntarily entered.

Appellant entered his plea several months after this court’s decision in Commonwealth v. Roberts, 237 Pa.Super. 336, 352 A.2d 140 (1975). Appellant failed, however, to comport with the Roberts requirement that prior to attacking a guilty plea on appeal, one must petition the lower court for permission to withdraw the…