Commonwealth v. Mosley

WATKINS, Judge:

This is an appeal by the Commonwealth from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County granting defendant—appellant’s petition to withdraw his guilty plea. He had pled guilty on April 19, 1979, after a full and complete colloquy, to the crimes of rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, possession of instruments of crime and robbery.

At the colloquy every possible question to protect the defendant’s rights were asked and answered by the defendant under oath with his counsel standing beside him. The Commonwealth related in great detail what it intended to…