Commonwealth v. Todd

Opinion by

Hirt, J.,

The defendant was charged, in the first count of an indictment, with the unlawful possession of heroin and in the second count with the unlawful sale of the drug in violation of the Act of June 19, 1953, P.L. 290, 35 PS §865, amending prior legislation. On June 10, 1957, he pleaded guilty to the two charges before Judge Cercone in open court. The court immediately went into a hearing to develop the circumstances al. tending the commission of the crimes. The hearing was continued to June 13, 1957, at which time the defendant moved for leave to withdraw his plea of guilty and…