Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Stokes

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 28, 1979No. 317, 456PublishedCited by 36 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WIEAND, Judge:

Curtis Stokes entered pleas of guilty to two counts of delivering heroin and one count of conspiracy to deliver heroin. Pursuant to a plea bargain, other charges against Stokes were dismissed. He was sentenced to serve concurrent terms of imprisonment of not less than 7V2 years nor more than 15 years. Petitions to withdraw his pleas of guilty and to reconsider the sentences were filed after sentence had been imposed and were denied by the trial court. Stokes appeals from the judgment of sentence and from the order denying his motion to withdraw the pleas of guilty. He alleges…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. StarrSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  2. Commonwealth v. StrantzSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1937
  3. Commonwealth v. HorvathSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
  4. Commonwealth v. YobbagySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
  5. Commonwealth v. JonesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1976

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3Cited by36 opinions

  1. State v. BrooksSupreme Court of Iowa · 1996
  2. Commonwealth v. BidnerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
  3. Commonwealth v. DankoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
  4. Commonwealth v. WilsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
  5. Commonwealth v. DelligattiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988

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