Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Carter
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided August 19, 1983No. 717PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POPOVICH, Judge:
This is an appeal from the denial of appellant’s, William Carter’s, Post-Conviction Hearing Act (PCHA) Petition (19 P.S. § 1180-1 et seq.) by the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County. We affirm.
By Order of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania dated September 12, 1977, the Superior Court’s per curiam affirmance of the lower court’s dismissal of appellant’s 1975 PCHA petition without a hearing was reversed. The record was remanded to the lower court to determine, after an evidentiary hearing, the truthfulness of appellant’s allegation that his guilty pleas were illegally…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Santobello v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Blackledge v. AllisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Bordenkircher v. HayesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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3Cited by8 opinions
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