Commonwealth v. Bolding

POPOVICH, Judge:

We affirm the Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County denying appellant’s, Lawrence Bold-ing’s, Post-Conviction Hearing Act (PCHA) Petition. 19 P.S. §§ 1180-1 et seq., as amended; reenacted as 42 Pa.C. S.A. §§ 9541-9551.

On appeal, appellant asserts, in essence, that his plea of guilty to kidnapping, conspiracy and theft by extortion was invalid, and, therefore, subject to being withdrawn for failure to comply with the mandates of Pa.R.Crim.P. 319(a) and Commonwealth v. Ingram, 455 Pa. 198, 316 A.2d 77 (1974). Additionally, appellant, by way of analogy to the…