Commonwealth v. Scott

WIEAND, Judge:

Frederick Scott entered a counselled plea of guilty to robbery and criminal conspiracy as a result of his participation in the robbery of a member of . the Philadelphia Police Department’s “Grandpop Squad” on. June 14, 1978. He was sentenced on January 9, 1979 to a term of imprisonment for not less than four (4) nor more than eight (8) years. Scott did not file a motion to withdraw his guilty plea or to modify his sentence and did not take a direct appeal. Subsequently, Scott filed a pro se P.C.H.A. petition in which he alleged that his guilty plea had been induced by trial…