Commonwealth v. Tanur

SPAETH, Judge:

This is an appeal from an order denying relief under the Post Conviction Hearing Act 1 without a hearing. The issues are whether the guilty plea colloquy was defective, and if so, whether appellant should be granted a new trial. The plea was entered as the result of a plea bargain. We find that the colloquy was defective. Because the record does not reveal whether the plea bargain was favorable and whether appellant understood and was satisfied to accept it rather than go to trial, we remand for an evidentiary hearing.

Appellant was charged with twenty counts of theft by…