Commonwealth v. Hodges

¶ 1 This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence imposed after appellant entered his guilty plea. Appellant, Tiarike Hodges, presents the following issue for our review: whether a manifest injustice resulted after the trial court denied his motion to withdraw his guilty plea. After careful consideration, we find that appellant’s claim has merit, and we therefore reverse.

¶ 2 Appellant was charged with two counts of murder in the first degree, 1 possession of an instrument of a crime (PIC), 2 two counts of violations of the Uniform Firearms Act (VUFA), 3 and conspiracy to commit those…