Stallworth v. Commonwealth

I respectfully dissent from the majority opinion and disagree with the dissenting opinion filed by Justice Keller because Stallworth entered his guilty plea freely, voluntarily and knowingly, and was properly convicted and sentenced under the terms of the plea agreement. The sentencing agreement was not coercive and was not fundamentally unfair.

This appeal is from a judgment based on a guilty plea in which Stallworth, a juvenile, pled guilty to fifteen Class D felony and misdemeanor offenses. He was ultimately sentenced to twenty years in prison. The questions presented are whether the trial…