Commonwealth v. Harvey

KELLY, Judge:

In this opinion we are called upon to determine whether a guilty plea colloquy which fails to inform a defendant of the possibility of severing consolidated charges is deficient. We find that the absence of this information does not render a guilty plea invalid, and we affirm.

The facts and procedural history may be summarized as follows. On March 22, 1988, after an extensive colloquy, appellant entered a negotiated guilty plea to six counts of burglary, one count of robbery and one count of conspiracy. These crimes stemmed from events which occurred between 1985 and 1988. A…