Commonwealth v. Velasquez
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
OLSZEWSKI, Judge:
This is an appeal from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County dismissing appellant’s Post Conviction Relief Act (PCRA) petition, filed on September 8, 1988. 1 Appellant alleges that the PCRA court erred in dismissing his petition without a hearing because: (1) his guilty pleas were unlawfully induced by the promise of a lighter sentence; (2) trial counsel was ineffective for advising him to plead guilty; and (3) trial counsel was ineffective for failing to file a motion to withdraw the pleas or an appeal regarding the voluntariness of same. For the following…
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2Cases cited10 opinions
- Murray v. CarrierSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Commonwealth v. StraderSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- Commonwealth v. MooreSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
- Commonwealth v. PaigeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
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