plausible innocence claim in Pennsylvania

2022See also Commonwealth v. Hvizda,[ 116 A.3d 1103 (Pa. 2015)] (companion case to Carrasquillo).

2018In Commonwealth v. Hvizda , 632 Pa. 3 , 116 A.3d 1103 (2015), the companion case to Carrasquillo , the Supreme Court upheld the trial court's decision to refuse to allow the defendant to withdraw his guilty plea, finding the defendant's assertion of innocence was implausible and rebutted by the prosecution's presentation of taped conversations in which the defendant admitted in prison that he had murdered his wife.

2019Commonwealth v. Baez, 169 A.3d 35, 39 (Pa.Super. 2017), citing Carrasquillo, 115 A.3d at 1292 .

2018Commonwealth v. Baez, 169 A.3d 35, 39 (Pa. Super. 2017) (footnote and one citation omitted; case citation formatting provided; emphasis added).

2026See id.

2022In that decision, our Supreme Court ruled that the defendant had not offered a plausible innocence claim given that it was rather bizarre—a “devil made me to it” claim of innocence— and since the innocence claim was offered just prior to sentencing. -5- J-S09011-22 Id.

2018In Commonwealth v. Hvizda , 632 Pa. 3 , 116 A.3d 1103 (2015), the companion case to Carrasquillo , the Supreme Court upheld the trial court's decision to refuse to allow the defendant to withdraw his guilty plea, finding the defendant's assertion of innocence was implausible and rebutted by the prosecution's presentation of taped conversations in which the defendant admitted in prison that he had murdered his wife.

2017See also Commonwealth v. Hvizda, 632 Pa. 3 , 116 A.3d 1103 (2015) (companion case to Carrasquillo).

2020(Emphasis added.) Most recently, in Commonwealth v. Norton, 201 A.3d 112, 121 (Pa. 2019), we stated that we must give deference to the trial court’s decision not to allow the withdrawal of the plea, stating: Thus, the Carrasquillo Court clearly established that trial courts have the discretion to assess the plausibility of claims of innocence.