Guilty Plea • Colloquy • Immigration Consequences • Waiver • Rule 1925(b) Statement

Commonwealth v. Monjaras-Amaya, PICS Case No. 17-0866 (Pa. Super. May 19, 2017) Lazarus, J. (7 pages).

Appellant waived his challenge to his guilty plea based on the lack of information on the immigration consequences of the plea in the colloquy because he failed to raise the issue during his plea colloquy or to file a post-sentence motion seeking to withdraw his plea and never raised the issue until his Rule 1925(b) statement. Affirmed.

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