Commonwealth v. Hayden

Opinion by

Hoffman, J.,

Separate appeals were filed by the appellants raising identical contentions and involving the same incident. The sole question is whether the lower eourt erred in dismissing appellants’ PCHA petition without a hearing.

Appellants filed petitions for review under the Post Conviction Hearing Act. In their petitions, appellants alleged that their guilty pleas had been involuntarily and unintelligently made. Originally, appellants tendered guilty pleas to charges of rape, sodomy and aggravated assault and battery. In the colloquy before the trial judge, appellants admitted…