Commonwealth v. Kirsch

Concurring Statement by

McEWEN, P.J.E.:

¶ 1 The author of the persuasive Opinion of the Majority has provided a perceptive expression of rationale, and I agree that the decisions of Commonwealth v. Forbes, 450 Pa. 185, 299 A.2d 268 (1973) and Commonwealth v. Randolph, 553 Pa. 224, 718 A.2d 1242 (1998), require this Court to conclude that appellant must be permitted to withdraw his guilty plea. See generally: Commonwealth v. Rish, 414 Pa.Super. 220, 606 A.2d 946 (1992). I write separately, however, to reiterate what are now but dim echoes of my conviction that a mere assertion of innocence, such…