Commonwealth v. Rosenberger

Opinion by

Cercone, J.,

In 1967, the defendant. pleaded guilty to several criminal charges and subsequently he filed a petition under the Post Conviction Hearing Act, 1 - claiming, inter alia, deprivation of the right to appeal his conviction.

The law is clear that after a conviction based on a guilty plea, the only questions which may be raised, either on direct appeal or in a collateral proceeding, are the validity of the plea and the lawfulness of the sentence. See Commonwealth v. Alexander, 435 Pa. 33, 255 A. 2d 119 (1969), and Commonwealth v. Stokes, 426 Pa. 265, 232 A. 2d 193 (1967). 2

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