Commonwealth v. Unangst

OPINION BY

BOWES, J.:

Raymond G. Unangst maintains that the trial court improperly denied his written presentence motion to withdraw his guilty pleas. We conclude that Appellant, who unequivocally claimed that he was innocent of the offenses in his motion, presented a fair and just reason to withdraw his guilty plea. Given that the Commonwealth has made no assertion that withdrawal would prejudice it, we vacate the judgment of sentence and remand with instructions, that the trial court permit Appellant to withdraw the guilty plea entered in these two cases.

The present appeal concerns two lower…