United States ex rel. Cunningham v. Rundle

*1199OPINION

LUONGO, District Judge.

Ernest Cunningham, a state prisoner, was convicted on charges of larceny and aggravated robbery (Bill Nos. 1287, 1289, April Sessions 1963, Court of Quarter Sessions, Philadelphia). No appeal was taken from that conviction. In 1967 Cunningham filed a petition under the Pennsylvania Post Conviction Hearing Act, 19 P.S. § 1180-1, et seq., alleging that he was denied the right to appeal his convictions because he was not advised of his right to appeal. The state court appointed counsel to represent Cunningham in the PCHA proceedings. On February 14, 1968, the…