Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Roundtree
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 9, 1970No. Appeal, 419PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Eagen,
In this appeal, the appellant, Weldon Roundtree, challenges the validity of the judgment and conviction resulting from his general plea of guilty on May 15, 1963, 1 to the charge of murder.
It is urged that the plea was invalid “as not being voluntarily and intelligently made.”
While Roundtree speaks in terms of the plea being “involuntary”, what is really meant, as our subsequent discussion will manifest, is that the plea was entered unintelligently or unknowingly. Parker v. North Carolina, 397 U.S. 790, 90 S. Ct. 1458 (1970). And, of course, if this is true, the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Parker v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. West v. RundleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
- Commonwealth v. JohnstonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970
- United States of America Ex Rel. Albert B. Crosby v. Joseph R. Brierley, Superintendent, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1968
- United States of America Ex Rel. Charles Grays v. Alfred T. Rundle, SuptCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by80 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. ZapataSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
- Commonwealth v. FluhartySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
- Commonwealth v. CropperSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
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