Commonwealth v. Heeman

*279OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

On December 2, 1976, the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County found appellant Willis Heeman guilty of charges of criminal solicitation and corruption of a minor, following a guilty plea proceeding at which appellant was represented by privately retained counsel. Appellant was subsequently sentenced to concurrent terms of imprisonment of five to ten years on the former charge and two and one-half to five years on the latter.

With the assistance of new, appointed counsel, appellant took an appeal to the Superior Court, claiming that his plea of guilty had…