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“he absence of an interview does not preclude the ability to evaluate the offender's behavior through available history for characteristics similar or dissimilar to the criteria set forth in the law for defining .”
314 citation events (314 in the last 25 years) across 3 distinct courts.
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examined Cited as authority (verbatim quote) Com. v. Sheriff, M. (2×) also: Cited as authority (quoted)
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2021 · quote attribution · 2 verbatim quotes · confidence high
rejudice would require a showing that due to events occurring after the plea was entered, the commonwealth is placed in a worse position than it would have been had trial taken place as scheduled.
examined Cited as authority (verbatim quote) Com. v. Hall, M. (4×) also: Cited as authority (rule), Cited "see"
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2017 · signal: see · quote attribution · 2 verbatim quotes · confidence high
he absence of an interview does not preclude the ability to evaluate the offender's behavior through available history for characteristics similar or dissimilar to the criteria set forth in the law for defining .
examined Cited as authority (verbatim quote) Com. v. Calcagni, C. (4×) also: Cited as authority (rule), Cited "see"
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2017 · signal: see · quote attribution · 2 verbatim quotes · confidence high
he absence of an interview does not preclude the ability to evaluate the offender's behavior through available history for characteristics similar or dissimilar to the criteria set forth in the law for defining .
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Flacks, A.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2025 · confidence medium
Commonwealth v. Aumick, 297 A.3d 770, 781 (Pa.Super. 2023) (en banc) (quoting Commonwealth v. Prendes, 97 A.3d 337, 360 (Pa.Super 2014), overruled on other grounds by Commonwealth v. Hvizda, 632 Pa. 3 , 116 A.3d 1103 (2015)).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Smith, D.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2024 · confidence medium
Commonwealth v. Prendes, 97 A.3d 337, 358-59 (Pa. Super. 2014), impliedly overruled on other issue by Commonwealth v. Hvizda, 116 A.3d 1103 (Pa. 2015).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Hobson, D. (2×)
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2024 · confidence medium
In considering the validity of a guilty plea colloquy, “[t]he Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure mandate pleas be taken in open court and require the court to conduct an on-the-record colloquy to ascertain whether a defendant is aware of his rights and the consequences of his plea.” Commonwealth v. Prendes, 97 A.3d 337, 352 (Pa. Super. 2014) (citations omitted).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Hetherington, R. (2×)
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2023 · confidence medium
In Commonwealth v. Prendes, 97 A.3d 337, 352 (Pa. Super. 2014), impliedly overruled on other grounds by Commonwealth v. Hvizda, 632 Pa. 3 , 116 A.3d 1103, 1106 (2015), we explained that a defendant may withdraw his guilty plea after sentencing “only where necessary to correct manifest injustice.” Prendes, 97 A.3d at 352 (citation omitted).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Luttrell, G.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2023 · confidence medium
LEXIS 266 , *17-18 (Pa. Super. filed June 12, 2023) (en banc) (quoting Commonwealth v. Prendes, 97 A.3d 337, 360-61 (Pa. Super. 2014)).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Sokolowski, R.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2023 · confidence medium
Commonwealth v. Prendes, 97 A.3d 337, 355 (Pa. Super. 2014).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Jamison, T. (2×)
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2022 · confidence medium
Commonwealth v. Whelan, 392 A.2d 1362, 1364 (Pa. 1978) (plurality opinion) (“Only when compelling reasons exist, such as a court’s improper acceptance of a guilty plea, is a court permitted, after the Commonwealth’s case had commenced and a guilty plea entered, to allow the withdrawal of the plea of guilty”); Commonwealth v. Morales, 305 A.2d 11, 13 (Pa. 1973) (motion to -6- J-S23040-22 withdraw guilty plea properly denied on grounds of prejudice where plea was entered after Commonwealth’s case in chief at trial); Baez, 169 A.3d at 41 - 42 (prejudice to Commonwealth barred plea withd…
cited Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Show, A.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2022 · confidence medium
Commonwealth v. Prendes, 97 A.3d 337, 355 (Pa. Super. 2014).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Nigro, M.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2022 · confidence medium
Commonwealth v. Prendes, 97 A.3d 337, 355-56 (Pa. Super. 2014) (citation omitted)5, appeal denied, 105 A.3d 736 (Pa. 2014). ____________________________________________ 4 A panel of this Court previously rejected this identical issue when Appellant’s counsel raised it in an unrelated appeal.
cited Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Sinclair, D.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2021 · confidence medium
Kpou, supra at 1023-24 (quoting Commonwealth v. Prendes, 97 A.3d 337, 351-54 (Pa. Super. 2014)) (citations, brackets, and some quotation marks omitted).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Lower Bucks County Joint Municipal Authority v. P. Koszarek
Pa. Commw. Ct. · 2020 · confidence medium
Commonwealth v. Prendes, 97 A.3d 337, 358 (Pa. Super. 2014) (emphasis added), impliedly overruled on other grounds by Commonwealth v. Hvizda, 116 A.3d 1103, 1106 (Pa. 2015).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Boseman, T. (2×)
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2020 · confidence medium
In considering the validity of a guilty plea colloquy, “[t]he Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure mandate pleas be taken in open court and require the court to conduct an on-the-record colloquy to ascertain whether a defendant is aware of his rights and the consequences of his plea.” Commonwealth v. Prendes, 97 A.3d 337, 352 (Pa. Super. 2014) (citations -6- J-S27008-20 omitted).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Wise, J. (2×)
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2020 · confidence medium
In Commonwealth v. Prendes, 97 A.3d 337, 352 (Pa. Super. 2014), impliedly overruled on other grounds by Commonwealth v. Hvizda, 632 Pa. 3 , 116 A.3d 1103, 1106 (2015), we explained that a defendant may withdraw his guilty plea after sentencing “only where necessary to correct manifest injustice.” Prendes, 97 A.3d at 352 (citation omitted).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Bickham, T., Jr. (2×)
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2020 · confidence medium
In Commonwealth v. Prendes, 97 A.3d 337, 352 (Pa. Super. 2014), impliedly overruled on other grounds by Commonwealth v. Hvizda, 116 A.3d 1103, 1106 (Pa. 2015), we explained that a defendant may withdraw his guilty plea after sentencing “only where necessary to correct manifest injustice.” Prendes, 97 A.3d at 352 (citation omitted).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Fisher, J. (2×)
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2020 · confidence medium
In considering the validity of a guilty plea colloquy, “[t]he Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure mandate pleas be taken in open court and require the court to conduct an on-the-record colloquy to ascertain whether a defendant is aware of his rights and the consequences of his plea.” Commonwealth v. Prendes, 97 A.3d 337, 352 (Pa. Super. 2014) (citations omitted).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Brown, C. (2×)
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2020 · confidence medium
Preliminarily, [i]n Commonwealth v. Prendes, 97 A.3d 337, 352 (Pa. Super. 2014), impliedly overruled on other grounds by Commonwealth v. Hvizda, 116 A.3d 1103, 1106 ([Pa.] 2015), we explained that a defendant may withdraw his guilty plea after sentencing “only where necessary to correct manifest injustice.” Prendes, 97 A.3d at 352 (citation omitted).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Dabney, R. (2×)
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2019 · confidence medium
In considering the validity of a guilty plea colloquy, “[t]he Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure mandate pleas be taken in open court and require the court to conduct an on-the-record colloquy to ascertain whether a defendant is aware of his rights and the consequences of his plea.” Commonwealth v. Prendes, 97 A.3d 337, 352 (Pa.Super. 2014) (citations omitted), appeal denied, 105 A.3d 736 (Pa. 2014).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Starling, B.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2019 · confidence medium
Where, as here, a trial court has imposed a sentence, a defendant may withdraw his guilty plea “only where necessary to correct a manifest injustice.” Commonwealth v. Prendes, 97 A.3d 337, 352 (Pa.Super. 2014) (citation omitted).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Hamilton, M.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2019 · confidence medium
Commonwealth v. Prendes, 97 A.3d 337, 352 (Pa.Super. 2014) (internal citations and quotations omitted), appeal denied, 105 A.3d 736 (Pa. 2014). -3- J.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Zamichieli, L.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2019 · confidence medium
Commonwealth v. Prendes, 97 A.3d 337, 352 (Pa.Super. 2014) (internal citations and quotation marks omitted). -4- J-S78044-18 In this case, while Appellant baldly alleges that trial counsel coerced him into pleading guilty, he does not explain how he was induced into entering a plea.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Finnefrock, C (2×)
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2018 · confidence medium
(Notes of testimony, guilty plea proceedings, 4/6/18 at 2-7.) In considering the validity of a guilty plea colloquy, “[t]he Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure mandate pleas be taken in open court and require the court to conduct an on-the-record colloquy to ascertain whether a defendant is aware of his rights and the consequences of his plea.” Commonwealth v. Prendes, 97 A.3d 337, 352 (Pa.Super. 2014) (citations omitted), appeal denied, 105 A.3d 736 (Pa. 2014).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Bishop, K.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2018 · confidence medium
Instantly, that would have required Appellant to establish that the denial of a motion to withdraw his plea amounted to a manifest injustice, Commonwealth v. Prendes, 97 A.3d 337,352 (Pa. Super. 2014). i.e., that his plea was entered unknowingly or unintelligently.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Ford, B.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2018 · confidence medium
Substantial prejudice exists where a defendant "obtains a full preview of the Commonwealth's evidence before deciding upon [his] trial strategy." Blango, 150 A.3d at 51 (quoting Commonwealth v. Prendes, 97 A.3d 337, 353 (Pa. Super. 2014). 11 In addition, the law "presumes that a defendant who enters a guilty plea was aware of what he was doing.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Hart, J. (2×)
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2017 · confidence medium
In Commonwealth v. Prendes, 97 A.3d 337, 352 (Pa. Super. 2014), impliedly overruled on other grounds by Commonwealth v. Hvizda, 116 A.3d 1103, 1106 (Pa. 2015), we explained that a defendant may withdraw his guilty plea after sentencing “only where necessary to correct manifest injustice.” Prendes, 97 A.3d at 352 (citation omitted).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Bressi, A.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2017 · confidence medium
Commonwealth v. Prendes, 97 A.3d 337, 352 (Pa.Super. 2014) (internal citations and quotations omitted), appeal denied, 105 A.3d 736 (Pa. 2014).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Ankrom, G.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2017 · confidence medium
It is well-established that once the court has imposed a sentence, a defendant may withdraw his guilty plea “only where necessary to correct manifest injustice.” Commonwealth v. Prendes, 97 A.3d 337, 352 (Pa.Super. 2014) (citation omitted).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Peterson, G., II
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2017 · confidence medium
Commonwealth v. Kpou, 153 A.3d 1020, 1023 (Pa.Super. 2016), quoting Commonwealth v. Prendes, 97 A.3d 337, 351-354 (Pa.Super. 2014) (parallel citations omitted).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Nazario, A.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2017 · confidence medium
Furthermore, “[SORNA] does not limit the expert’s consideration of information only to that admitted at trial or at the guilty plea proceedings.” Commonwealth v. Prendes, 97 A.3d 337, 360 (Pa.Super. 2014).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Commonwealth v. Baez
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2017 · confidence medium
The court ruled that the “request to withdraw the plea, which had been made after the dismissal of numerous key Commonwealth witnesses in reliance on the plea, was properly denied[J” Id.) see also Commonwealth v. Prendes, 97 A.3d 337, 353 (Pa.Super. 2014) (substantial prejudice exists if a defendant obtains “a full preview of the Commonwealth’s evidence before deciding” to seek withdrawal and could engage in jury shopping if he decides the selected jury seems unfavorably inclined towards him). 2 In this case, three witnesses had already testified.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Piner, S.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2017 · confidence medium
Pollard, supra. Commonwealth v. Kpou, 153 A.3d 1020, 1023-24 (Pa.Super. 2016) (quoting Commonwealth v. Prendes, 97 A.3d 337, 351-54 (Pa.Super. 2014), impliedly overruled on other grounds by Commonwealth v. Hvizda, 116 A.3d 1103, 1106 (Pa. 2015)).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Karolski, C.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2017 · confidence medium
Commonwealth v. Prendes, 97 A.3d 337, 355-56 (Pa. Super. 2014), appeal denied, 105 A.3d 736 (Pa. 2014). -3- J-S24026-17 Appellant acknowledges in his brief that there is no requirement for the Commonwealth “to prove all the assessment factors.”1 Appellant’s Brief at 12.
cited Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Mejia, M.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2017 · confidence medium
Com. v. Prendes, 97 A.3d 337, 357-58 (Pa. Super.
cited Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Cannon, R.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2017 · confidence medium
Commonwealth v. Prendes, 97 A.3d 337, 352 (Pa. Super. 2014) (relying upon Commonwealth v. Lesko, 467 A.2d 307, 310 (Pa. 1983)).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Cromwell, A.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2017 · confidence medium
Once a court has imposed a sentence, a defendant may withdraw his guilty plea “only where necessary to correct a manifest injustice.” Commonwealth v. Prendes, 97 A.3d 337, 352 (Pa. Super. 2014) (citation omitted).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Pines, G.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2017 · confidence medium
ANALYSIS Defendant argues that the trial co1.111 erred when it denied his post-sentence motion to withdraw his guilty plea. "[Ajfter the court has imposed a sentence, a defendant can withdraw his guilty plea "only where necessary to correct a manifest injustice." Com. v. Prendes, 97 A.3d 337, 352 (Pa. Super.), app. denied, 105 A.3d 736 (Pa. 2014) (quoting Com. v. Starr, 301 A.2d 592, 595 (Pa. 1973)). "[P'[ost-sentence motions for withdrawal are subject to higher scrutiny since courts strive to discourage the entry of guilty pleas as sentencing-testing devices." Prendes, 97 A.3d at 352 (quoting…
cited Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Yant, V.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2017 · confidence medium
Commonwealth v. Prendes, 2014 PA Super 151 , 97 A.3d 337, 355-56 (2014).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Caban, C. (2×) also: Cited "see"
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2017 · confidence medium
Commonwealth v. Prendes, 97 A.3d 337, 352 (Pa.Super. 2014) (internal citations and quotations omitted), appeal denied, 105 A.3d 736 (Pa. 2014).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Wakefield, D. (2×)
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2017 · confidence medium
(Appellant’s brief at 2.) In considering the validity of a guilty plea colloquy, “[t]he Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure mandate pleas be taken in open court and require the court to conduct an on-the-record colloquy to ascertain whether a defendant is aware of his rights and the consequences of his plea.” Commonwealth v. Prendes, 97 A.3d 337, 352 (Pa.Super. 2014) (citations omitted), appeal denied, 105 A.3d 736 (Pa. 2014).
examined Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Miller, J. (3×)
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2017 · confidence medium
Commonwealth v. Prendes, 97 A.3d 337, 355-356 (Pa.Super. 2014).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Commonwealth v. Islas (2×) also: Cited "see, e.g."
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2017 · confidence medium
While our Court shared this misimpression, see, e.g., Prendes, 97 A.3d at 352 (concluding that “mere articulation of innocence [was] a ‘fair and just’ reason for the pre-sentence withdrawal of a guilty plea unless the Commonwealth has demonstrated that it would be substantially prejudiced”); Commonwealth v. Katonka, 33 A.3d 44, 46 (Pa.Super. 2011) (en banc) (same); Commonwealth v. Kirsch, 930 A.2d 1282, 1285 (Pa.Super. 2007) (noting that Forbes “indicated an assertion of innocence qualified as *1189 a ‘fair and just’ reason”), we also observed that this per se approach was “a…
examined Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Reyes, E. (4×) also: Cited "see", Cited "see, e.g."
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2017 · confidence medium
Ct. 1998)). "[A] manifest injustice occurs when a plea is not tendered knowingly, intelligently, voluntarily, and understandingly." Commonwealth v. Prendes, 97 A.3d 337, 352 (Pa. Super.
cited Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Rashid, S.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2017 · confidence medium
Commonwealth v. Prendes, 97 A.3d 337, 355-56 (Pa. Super.) (citations omitted), appeal denied, 105 A.3d 736 (Pa. 2014).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Solorio-Flores, E.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2017 · confidence medium
We observe that once the court has imposed a sentence, a defendant may withdraw his guilty plea “only where necessary to correct a manifest injustice.” Commonwealth v. Prendes, 97 A.3d 337, 352 (Pa.Super. 2014) (citations omitted).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Commonwealth v. Kpou
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2016 · confidence medium
Pollard, supra. Commonwealth v. Prendes, 97 A.3d 337, 351-54 (Pa.Super. 2014) (parallel citations omitted).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Murphy, G.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2016 · confidence medium
Commonwealth v. Prendes, 97 A.3d 337, 352-53 (Pa. Super. 2014) (internal quotation marks and citations omitted).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Com. v. Thompson, J.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2016 · confidence medium
Moreover, the court found Appellant’s guilty plea was knowing, intelligent, and voluntary, and Appellant bears the burden of proving otherwise. -6- J-S75012-16 Commonwealth v. Prendes, 97 A.3d 337, 352 (Pa.Super. 2014).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Commonwealth v. Blango (2×)
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2016 · confidence medium
For example, substantial prejudice exists if a defendant obtains “a full preview of the Commonwealth’s evidence before deciding upon [his] trial strategy.” Commonwealth v. Prendes, 97 A.3d 337, 353 (Pa. Super. 2014).
Curtis BRAXTON aka William Braxton
v.
Hon. Gary S. GLAZER
No. 69 EM 2014.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Jul 28, 2014.
97 A.3d 337

ORDER

PER CURIAM.

AND NOW, this 28th day of July, 2014, the Application for Leave to File Original Process is GRANTED, and the Petition for Writ of Mandamus is DENIED. The Prothonotary is directed to strike the jurist’s name from the caption.