Commonwealth v. Woolcutt

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided June 15, 1972

Superior Court of Pennsylvania · decided 1972-06-15

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently October 1973

1 state decisions

Relies on Commonwealth v. Cornitcher · United States ex rel. Fear v. Pennsylvania

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Decided 1972-06-15

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¶1Dissenting Opinion by

Hoffman, J.:

¶2tinder the circumstances of this case I can find no reasonable basis for counsel’s failure to raise the issue of the voluntariness and validity of appellant’s guilty pleas in his Post Conviction Hearing Act petitions.

¶3 *388I would therefore hold that appellant has not waived this claim and is entitled to a hearing under the Post Conviction Hearing Act, 19 P.S. §1180-9. See United States ex rel. Fear v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 423 F. 2d 55 (3d Cir. 1970), and Commonwealth v. Cornitcher, 447 Pa. 539, 291 A. 2d 521 (1972).