312 Pa. Super. 69 - Commonwealth v. Kale’s Empirical Analysis

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17 state decisions

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1. “These unexplained delays bar a consideration of the merits of the several claims which appellant seeks to assert in collateral attacks on his prior convictions. Commonwealth v. Shaffer, 498 Pa. 342, 354 , 446 A.2d 591, 597 (1982) (Concurring Opinion by Roberts, J., with O’Brien, C.J., and Nix, J., joining); Commonwealth v. Minarik, 493 Pa. 573, 583 , 427 A.2d 623, 628-629 (1981) (Concurring Opinion by Roberts, J., with O’Brien, C.J., and Nix, J., joining). See also: Commonwealth v. Gardner, [499] Pa. [263, 266] n. 2, 452 A.2d 1346 , 1347 n. 2 (1982); Commonwealth v. Jumper, 494 Pa. 451, 454 , 431 A.2d 941, 942 (1981); Commonwealth v. Shore, 487 Pa. 534, 541 , 410 A.2d 740, 744 (1980) (Concurring Opinion by Roberts, J.): Commonwealth v. Roach, [307] Pa.Super. [506, 509], 453 A.2d 1001, 1003 (1982). Cf. Commonwealth v. Thompson, 302 Pa.Super. 19, 26 , 448 A.2d 74, 77 (1982); In Commonwealth v. Shaffer, supra, a majority of the Supreme Court, in an opinion by Flaherty, J., repeated the principle of law which holds: “When considering a petition to withdraw a guilty plea submitted to a trial court after sentencing ... it is well established that ‘a showing of prejudice on the order of manifest injustice,' Commonwealth v. Starr, 450 Pa. 485, 490 , 301 A.2d 592, 595 (1973), is required before withdrawal is properly justified.” Id. 498 Pa. at 346 , 446 A.2d at 593 (emphasis in original).”

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