Commonwealth v. Hare

486 Pa. 123 (1979)

404 A.2d 388

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania

v.

Lewis J. HARE, Jr., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Submitted May 21, 1979.

Decided July 6, 1979.

Nathaniel W. Boyd, IV, Bruce C. Bankenstein, York, for appellant.

John C. Uhler, Dist. Atty., Sheryl Ann Dorney, York, for appellee.

Before EAGEN, C.J., and O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, NIX, MANDERINO, LARSEN and FLAHERTY, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

In this appeal from denial of relief under the Post Conviction Hearing Act,[1] appellant, Lewis J. Hare, Jr., asserts that he should be permitted to withdraw his guilty plea to murder…