Court Opinion

ID: 9753647
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-28 19:21:34.567225+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:27:39.826028
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*423Concurring Opinion by
Mr. Justice Pomeroy :
1 agree that the colloquy conducted by the trial court in this ease was exemplary and that the record demonstrates that the guilty plea was properly accepted because the plea was voluntarily and understandingly made. I take exception, however, to the court’s assumption (see footnote 3) that, as a matter of law in this Commonwealth, there is a requirement that the trial court make a determination that there is a factual basis for a guilty plea. While I believe that this is not the law, it is my view that this court should impose such a requirement by an appropriate amendment to Eule 319 (a) of our Eules of Criminal Procedure.