Commonwealth v. Macdougall

¶ 1 This is an appeal by the Commonwealth from a trial court order granting the defendant’s motion to withdraw a guilty plea.

*536¶ 2 Following negotiations and the entry of a plea agreement, Appellee pled guilty to criminal conspiracy to commit burglary, robbery, aggravated assault and theft by unlawful taking. Prior to sentencing Ap-pellee sought to withdraw his plea, alleging that he was innocent, that he was pressured to enter the plea agreement by his mother and then counsel and that he no longer wished to abide by the terms of the agreement which required him to testify against his friends…