Court Opinion

ID: 9634560
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 13:17:07.110405+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:09:05.462547
License: Public Domain

SPAETH, Judge,
concurring:
I join the majority opinion, because, as appears from the opinion, the record shows that appellant’s counsel negotiated a favorable plea bargain, and appellant understood the bargain and was satisfied to accept it rather than go to trial. In these circumstances counsel’s failure to challenge the defective colloquy had a reasonable basis designed to effectuate appellant’s interests. Accordingly, counsel was not ineffective. Commonwealth v. Newell, 486 Pa. 474, 406 A.2d 733 (1979); Commonwealth v. Simpson, 290 Pa.Super. -, 434 A.2d 103 (1981).