Commonwealth v. McCauley

¶ 1 Appellant, Hugh Joseph McCauley, appeals from the judgment of sentence entered following his guilty plea to one count of Criminal Attempt, 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 901, to acquire a controlled substance by misrepresentation, fraud, forgery, deception or subterfuge pursuant to 35 Pa. C.S.A. § 780-113(a)(12). On appeal, Appellant claims the ineffectiveness of his plea counsel resulted in the entry of an unknowing and involuntary plea. Finding no merit to Appellant’s contention, we affirm.

¶2 The facts and procedural history may be summarized as follows. The charge upon which Appellant was sentenced…