Blankenship v. Commonwealth

PARK, Judge.

The appellant, Curtis Blankenship, received a sentence of ten years for robbery by a judgment of the Pike Circuit Court entered May 16, 1975. A timely notice of appeal was filed on behalf of Blankenship, but his appeal was dismissed because the record on appeal was not filed timely as required by RCr 12.58. Blankenship now challenges his judgment of conviction by a motion under RCr 11.42. Blankenship claims that he was denied effective assistance of counsel because of his trial counsel’s failure (1) to perfect his original appeal and (2) to raise the issue of his competency to…