Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Elaine M. BOMGARDNER, Appellant
Court: Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1976-12-15
Citations: 244 Pa. Super. 345
Docket Number: No. 413
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Elaine M. BOMGARDNER, Appellant.
Judges: Before WATKINS, P. J., and JACOBS, HOFFMAN, CERCONE, PRICE, VAN der VOORT, and SPAETH, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania Superior Court Reports
Volume: 244
Pages: 345–346

Head Matter:
368 A.2d 753
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Elaine M. BOMGARDNER, Appellant.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania.
Submitted June 14, 1976.
Decided Dec. 15, 1976.
Joseph C. Mesics, Public Defender, Lebanon, for appellant.
Frederick S. Wolfson, Asst. Dist. Atty., and George E. Christianson, Dist. Atty., Lebanon, for appellee.
Before WATKINS, P. J., and JACOBS, HOFFMAN, CERCONE, PRICE, VAN der VOORT, and SPAETH, JJ.

Opinion:
CERCONE, Judge:
This is another case in which appellant attempts to attack his guilty plea on direct appeal without first having filed a petition to withdraw his plea with the lower court. In Commonwealth v. Roberts, 237 Pa.Super. 336, 352 A.2d 140 (1975), we held that before a defendant will be permitted to attack his guilty plea on direct appeal he must first file a petition to withdraw his plea with the lower court. Accordingly, this case is remanded to the lower court to allow appellant to file a petition to withdraw his guilty plea nunc pro tunc. Commonwealth v. Roberts, supra. See also Commonwealth v. Velasquez, 238 Pa.Super. 368, 357 A.2d 155 (1976).
VAN der VOORT, J., files a dissenting opinion.