Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. McCusker

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 22, 1976No. 1154PublishedCited by 33 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*403HOFFMAN, Judge:

Appellant seeks to challenge for the first time on appeal the adequacy of the colloquy prior to his plea of nolo contendere to the charges of aggravated assault1 and resisting arrest.2

On August 30, 1975, at approximately 1:30 a. m., appellant entered the Huntingdon Borough police station to report the theft of his automobile. Subsequent investigation by the police revealed that appellant’s vehicle had been involved in a hit-and-run accident. The officer on duty informed appellant that he would probably be arrested and charged with failure to stop at the scene of an accident.3 A…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. RobertsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  2. Commonwealth v. ReidSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
  3. Commonwealth v. LeeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975

3Cited by33 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. JohnsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  2. Commonwealth v. SchwartzSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  3. Commonwealth v. MarzikSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  4. Commonwealth v. ArndtSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
  5. Commonwealth v. PhillipsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1979

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