Commonwealth v. Santiago

Opinion by

Cercone, J„

This is an appeal from appellant’s guilty plea to the charge of robbery. 1 Appellant contends that he was denied effective assistance of counsel in the entering of his plea because he was not informed by counsel that intoxication could have negated an element of the offense. See Section 308 of the Crimes Code. 2 Although it does not appear on the record, appellant contends that his counsel was aware that appellant was intoxicated at the time of the offense. The Commonwealth, rather than address the merits of appellant’s claim, argues, citing Commonwealth v. Starr, 450 Pa.…