Commonwealth v. Quinlan

488 Pa. 255 (1980)

412 A.2d 494

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee,

v.

Thomas QUINLAN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued January 22, 1980.

Decided March 20, 1980.

Arthur J. King, Joseph A. Ciccitto, Asst. Public Defenders, for appellant.

Ronald T. Williamson, Mary M. Killinger, Asst. Dist. Attys., for appellee.

Before EAGEN, C.J., and O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN and FLAHERTY, JJ.

OPINION

LARSEN, Justice.

On October 18, 1974, appellant Thomas William Quinlan pleaded guilty to burglary, theft, receiving stolen property, possessing instruments of a crime, and criminal conspiracy. After…