Commonwealth v. Kalson
Commonwealth v. Kalson
Opinion of the Court
This is a direct appeal from a judgment of sentence imposed following the entry of a plea of guilty to receiving stolen property. Appellant raises in this Court for the first time: (1) the alleged invalidity of his guilty pleas, and (2) the propriety of a sentence of incarceration for which the trial judge failed to state his reasons on the record. This Court will hear only those claims which are first raised in the trial court. Commonwealth v. Walls, 481 Pa. 1, 391 A.2d 1064 (1978); Commonwealth v. Brown, 288 Pa.Super. 171, 431 A.2d 343 (1981); Commonwealth v. Turecki, 278 Pa.Super. 511, 420 A.2d 658 (1980). See also Pa.R.Crim.P.
It is so ordered.
. Pa.R.Crim.P. 1405(c)(2) requires that at the time of sentencing the judge shall “advise the defendant on the record ... of the right to file motions challenging the propriety of the sentence (and, in the case of a plea of guilty, the validity of the plea or the denial of a motion to withdraw the piea).” See also: Pa.R.Crim.P. Nos. 321 and 1410.
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