Zabala Figueroa v. Rivera

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court dismissing a petition for habeas corpus. The petitioner was convicted in the lower court by a jury on a charge of murder in the first degree and sentenced to life imprisonment. He was represented at the trial by Lie. Obdulio Bauzá, who was appointed by the court.. A notice of appeal was filed, but we dismissed the appeal for failure to notify the district attorney with the notice of appeal.

At the trial on the petition for habeas corpus, Lie. Bauzá testified that he had no participation in the notice of appeal; that he did not appeal…