Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1977

Commonwealth v. Oakie

Commonwealth v. Oakie
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided October 7, 1977 · Brien, Eagen, Jones, Manderino, Nix, Packel, Pomeroy, Roberts
474 Pa. 249; 378 A.2d 313; 1977 Pa. LEXIS 789

Commonwealth v. Oakie

Opinion of the Court

OPINION

PER CURIAM:

The record is remanded to the trial court for an evidentiary hearing and for a determination of the truthfulness of the appellant’s statement that she was “led to believe” by her trial counsel that she was pleading guilty to “involuntary manslaughter.”

If the trial court concludes the appellant was misled, as she states, permission should be granted to withdraw the guilty plea. On the other hand, if the trial court concludes the appellant was not misled the court’s findings and conclusions should be reported to this Court.

It is so ordered.

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