Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Baity
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 9, 1968No. Appeal, 410PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Roberts,
In Commonwealth v. Garrett, 425 Pa. 594, 597-98, 229 A. 2d 922, 925 (1967) we announced the rule that a defendant who had pled guilty at trial could nevertheless challenge an allegedly coerced confession collaterally, provided he could prove that the plea was primarily motivated by the confession.1 We are today faced with the task of settling some of the unresolved problems presented by this rule.
In 1949 appellant, William E. Baity, pled guilty to murder generally in connection with the robbery-mur*308der of a Philadelphia bicycle shop owner. He was found guilty of…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Johnson v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Culombe v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Haynes v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Washington v. MaroneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
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3Cited by65 opinions
- Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- Commonwealth v. EilandSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- Commonwealth v. BanksSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- State v. BraunWashington Supreme Court · 1973
- Commonwealth v. CheeksSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
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