Commonwealth v. Dennis
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Petitioner seeks the allowance of an appeal from the order of the Superior Court, affirming the dismissal without hearing by the Court of Quarter Sessions of Delaware County of his petition under the Post Conviction Hearing Act. In his pétition for post-conviction relief, petitioner attacks the voluntariness of the guilty plea which forms the basis of the judgment of sentence.
The allegations of the petition, if true, entitle petitioner to relief, and since his allegations are not refuted by the record, he is entitled to a hearing, to determine the truth or falsity of his allegations. Commonwealth v. Wood, 425 Pa. 612, 230 A. 2d 729 (1967).
The prayer of the petition is granted, an appeal is allowed, the order of the Superior' Court is reversed, the order of the Court of Quartér Sessions of Delaware County is vacated, and the case is remanded to the Court of Quarter Sessions' of Delaware County, with instructions to conduct a hearing to determine the voluntariness of petitioner’s guilty plea.
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233 A.2d 525, 427 Pa. 69, 1967 Pa. LEXIS 459, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/commonwealth-v-dennis-pa-1967.