Commonwealth v. Allen

OPINION

CASTILLE, Justice.

The issue before this Court is whether a “miscarriage of justice” occurred which would warrant relief on a repetitive Post Conviction Relief Act1 (“PCRA”) petition, where the guilty plea colloquy failed to reflect on the record that the defendant was made aware of the possibility of imposition of consecutive sentences. We find that both the heavy burden of proof for an ineffective assistance of counsel claim in the context of a repetitive PCRA petition and the prevailing legal standard for withdrawing a guilty plea preclude the finding of a miscarriage of justice…