Court Opinion

ID: 9544408
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 16:55:28.075176+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:12:56.135962
License: Public Domain

CONCURRING OPINION
McDERMOTT, Justice.
The advantage of a plea of nolo contendere is that a defendant may contest his guilt to all others except the court before which he pleads. There he suffers conviction, a conviction like all others, to which all appropriate sanctions may be imposed. In the instant case had the regulation1 provided that a conviction alone was ground for revocation, a conviction under the plea would be sufficient. The regulation however is “may” and not “shall”. Hence, I reluctantly agree that he is entitled to be heard.

. 55 Pa.Code § 1011.81(b)(3)-(4).