Commonwealth v. Kamenca

Opinion by

Jacobs, J.,

This case presents the issue of whether the lower court committed an abuse of discretion in refusing appellant’s presentence request to withdraw certain guilty pleas. We hold that it did not and affirm.

Appellant was indicted for three 1971 armed robberies committed at banks in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, and for three attendant larcenies. Prior to acceptance of guilty pleas as to the six crimes, the lower court conducted an extensive hearing on December 8, 1971. At the hearing, it was developed that appellant was a 29-year-old Czechoslovakian citizen, that his European…