Commonwealth v. Crowther

PRICE, Judge.

On October 1, 1978, appellant pleaded guilty to the charge of rape. Pursuant to the terms of a plea bargain, the lower court sentenced appellant to pay the costs of prosecution, to pay a fine of one hundred dollars, and to be incarcerated for no less than four nor more than eight years. On direct appeal, appellant challenged the validity of the guilty plea colloquy. Finding the issue raised to be without merit, this court affirmed the lower court’s judgment of sentence in a per curiam order. Commonwealth v. Crowther, 231 Pa.Super. 705, 326 A. 2d 64 (1974).

On December 12, 1974,…