Commonwealth ex rel. Cuevas v. Rundle

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Eagen,

The appellant, Jose Cuevas, plead guilty generally to an indictment charging him with murder. He was represented by court-appointed counsel. After hearing, the trial judge found him guilty of murder in the second degree and imposed a sentence of imprisonment in a state correctional institution for a period of from seven to eighteen years. No post trial motions were filed, nor an appeal entered from the judgment.

Subsequently, this action in habeas corpus was instituted which the lower court dismissed without hearing. An appeal from that order is now before us.

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