Court Opinion

ID: 6298132
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-02-18 17:28:38.301071+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:00:25.430575
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PER CURIAM:
On direct appeal, appellant is challenging the voluntariness of his guilty plea without having first filed a petition with the lower court to withdraw that plea as required by Commonwealth v. Roberts, 237 Pa.Super. 336, 352 A.2d 140 (1975). However, a review of the record in this case shows that there were no warnings given to appellant of the consequences on appeal of this failure to file a petition to withdraw his guilty plea prior to challenging its validity.
Therefore, the judgment of sentence is vacated, and the case remanded for the filing of a petition nunc pro tunc as mandated by Commonwealth v. Johnson, 258 Pa.Super. 214, 392 A.2d 760 (1978).
*43VAN der VOORT, J., dissents.
HOFFMAN, J., did not participate in the consideration or decision of this case.