Court Opinion

ID: 9761400
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 01:42:02.823338+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:29:23.620036
License: Public Domain

LARSEN, Justice,
dissenting.
I dissent. In Commonwealth v. Robinson, 442 Pa. 512, 276 A.2d 537 (1971), this Court found the nunc pro tunc filing of post-trial motions, rather than á direct appeal, to be a *396“preferable practice” because that procedure may serve to narrow the issues or perhaps obviate an appeal entirely. The majority correctly points out that the rule which it invokes is based upon Commonwealth v. Robinson but fails to note that Robinson expresses only a preference for the filing of nunc pro tunc post-trial motions, and that neither of the purposes advanced by Robinson to support this preference will be served by a remand of the instant case.
The only issues raised by appellant are whether the guilty plea colloquy was sufficient to insure a knowing, intelligent and voluntary plea of guilty and whether the record of these proceedings is sufficiently accurate and precise to permit meaningful review. It is difficult to imagine how remanding this case will further narrow these issues. We have received briefs and heard oral arguments on the merits of this case. This case is ripe for our decision.
I would, therefore, decline the Commonwealth’s invitation to remand to the court below and would reach the merits of this case.