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536 Pa. 436

639 A.2d 1174

Commonwealth v. Duffey

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 8, 1994

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · decided 1994-04-08

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Decided 1994-04-08

How this case has been cited

Cited by 112 later decisions — most recently February 2024 · most notably Com., Dept. of Transp. v. McCafferty (2000), Commonwealth v. Mockaitis (2003)

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FLAHERTY,

¶1Justice, dissenting.

¶2The majority adds the loss of driving privileges to other “collateral consequences” of a conviction, the lack of knowledge of which will not undermine the validity of a guilty plea, yet the very magistrate before whom the plea was entered signed the order directing the suspension of the defendant’s operators license, albeit in the performance of a mandatory function. In my view this direct involvement by the sentencing authority in what is termed a “collateral consequence” makes a significant difference, particularly where one is precluded from driving, indeed a severe sanction, call it what you will, in today’s world. I must, therefore, respectfully dissent.

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