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Fears v. Pennsylvania

U.S.
Jun 27, 2005
545 U.S. 1141 (2005)

Summary

reiterating deficient oral guilty plea colloquy does not render plea per se invalid; court can consider totality of circumstances surrounding entry of guilty plea to determine defendant's actual knowledge of implications and rights associated with guilty plea

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Opinion

CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA.

No. 04-5659.

JUNE 27, 2005.


Reported below: 575 Pa. 281, 836 A. 2d 52.

Certiorari Denied.


Summaries of

Fears v. Pennsylvania

U.S.
Jun 27, 2005
545 U.S. 1141 (2005)

reiterating deficient oral guilty plea colloquy does not render plea per se invalid; court can consider totality of circumstances surrounding entry of guilty plea to determine defendant's actual knowledge of implications and rights associated with guilty plea

Summary of this case from Commonwealth v. Phillips
Case details for

Fears v. Pennsylvania

Case Details

Full title:FEARS v. PENNSYLVANIA

Court:U.S.

Date published: Jun 27, 2005

Citations

545 U.S. 1141 (2005)
125 S. Ct. 2956

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