Commonwealth v. Dorian

I join parts 1 and 4 of the majority opinion, finding that the trial court did not lack jurisdiction to accept appellant’s guilty plea, and finding no support for appellant’s argument concerning ineffective assistance of counsel. I also concur in the result reached by the majority in Part 2 as to the denial of the pre-sentence motion to withdraw guilty plea. As to the issue relating to the illegality of appellant's sentence, I am compelled to register my dissent.

With respect to the illegality of appellant’s sentence, the majority holds as follows: *253At 249-250 (footnotes 4 and 5 omitted). I…