Commonwealth v. Cooke

VAN der VOORT, Judge:

The appellant, David Joseph Cooke, files the instant direct appeal following his guilty plea to a charge of burglary. The guilty plea was made at trial on December 10, 1975. On December 30, 1975, appellant was sentenced and on January 30, 1976 he filed the instant direct appeal to our Court.

The sole argument on this direct appeal is that the colloquy conducted by the court was insufficient to establish a knowing and intelligent guilty plea by appellant. The appellant never preceded this appeal by the filing of a petition to withdraw his guilty plea nor by any other…