Superior Court 7/28/08 - COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA v. ALVIN BEDELL

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA v. ALVIN BEDELL
No. 679 EDA 2007 2008 PA Super 168 Atlantic: n/a Filed: 7/28/2008
Appeal from the PCRA Order entered on February 13, 2007 in the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County, Criminal Division, No. CP-23-CR-0000468-2006
Before: STEVENS, MUSMANNO and HUDOCK, JJ.
Opinion by: MUSMANNO, J.
Alvin Bedell (“Bedell”) appeals from the trial court’s denial of his first Petition for relief filed pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act (“PCRA”). See 42 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 9541-46. We affirm.

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Bedell appeals, raising the following questions for our review:

I. Whether trial counsel was ineffective for failing to fully advise [Bedell] that he had a valid defense to robbery as charged thereby inducing [Bedell] to involuntarily, unknowingly and unintelligently tender a guilty plea to a crime [for] which there was no factual basis that he committed a robbery?

II. Whether [Bedell] … receive[d] effective assistance of counsel since his trial counsel did not ensure that [Bedell] entered into a knowing and understanding plea since the plea colloquy was defective[?]