Commonwealth v. Tunnell

OPINION OF THE COURT

NIX, Justice.

This is an appeal from the denial of relief following a hearing on appellant’s petition under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act, Act of January 25, 1966, P.L. (1965) 1580, . § 1 et seq., 19 P.S. § 1180-1 et seq.

In 1969, appellant entered a plea of guilty to voluntary manslaughter for the killing of one Dorothy Edwards. He was sentenced to 3 to 10 years imprisonment. No appeal was taken from the judgment of sentence.

Four years later, appellant filed the petition here in question alleging in part that he had been denied his right to a direct appeal under Douglas…