Commonwealth v. Petrillo

SPAETH, Judge:

On April 7, 1976, appellant pleaded guilty to 23 informations charging him with election irregularities during absentee balloting in the Borough of Norristown prior to the primary election of May, 1975. At that time appellant was an incumbent councilman seeking reelection. On this appeal appellant challenges the lawfulness of his sentence and the validity of his plea.

The informations fell into four categories: unlawful interference with an elector when marking his ballot, Election Code, Act of June 3, 1937, P.L. 1333, art. XVIII, § 1830, 25 P.S. § 3530; possession of an…