Commonwealth v. Bartley

PRATT, J.,

Defendant pled guilty, pursuant to an open plea, to two counts each of robbery and criminal conspiracy and was sentenced to two consecutive terms of five to 10 years imprisonment for each count of robbery (the two counts of criminal conspiracy merged into the robbery offenses for sentencing purposes). Defendant has now filed a post-verdict motion in arrest of judgment alleging that the court erroneously denied his pretrial omnibus motion.

Defendant’s post-verdict motion raises two issues: (1) whether the defendant’s guilty plea and subsequent sentencing constitutes a waiver of his…