Commonwealth v. Armstead

Opinion by

Mr. Justice O’Brien,

This is an appeal from an order of the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Philadelphia County, dismissing, after hearing, a petition seeking relief under the Post Conviction Hearing Act. Appellant was convicted on May 18, 1960, of second degree murder, after a plea of guilty to murder generally, He was sentenced to a term of ten to twenty years. No appeal was taken from the judgment of sentence.

Appellant claims that he was denied the right to appeal. He testified that he was ignorant of his right to appeal, and his trial counsel testified that he never informed…