Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Minor
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 17, 1976No. 443PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ROBERTS, Justice.
On July 4, 1971, appellee Lloyd Minor was arrested and charged with aggravated robbery and carrying a concealed deadly weapon. On June 19, 1972, his pleas of guilty to both charges were accepted. During the eolio*232quy which preceded the pleas, there was no explanation of either the elements which made out the crimes charged or of the relationship of the facts of appellee’s case to those definitions. The only mention of the charges at the guilty plea hearing was:
“Q. [by defense counsel] Do you [Minor] understand the charges which you appear at the bar of the…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- McCarthy v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Henderson v. MorganSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Commonwealth v. IngramSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. West v. RundleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
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3Cited by67 opinions
- Commonwealth v. ShafferSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
- Commonwealth v. WillisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- Commonwealth v. DilbeckSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
- Commonwealth v. MorinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- Commonwealth v. KulpSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
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