Supreme Court of Pennsylvania July 23, 2004, 197 MAP 2002 (Commonwealth v. Flanagan)

OPINION

Justice SAYLOR.

In this appeal, the Commonwealth challenges the Superior Court’s conclusion that a post-conviction court properly authorized a withdrawal of guilty pleas grounded on the absence from the plea colloquy of any discussion of the factual basis supporting the pleas.

On July 1, 1981, the victim, James Redman, was robbed, beaten, and killed.