Commonwealth v. Littlejohn

Opinion by

Me. Justice Roberts,

Because both of these cases squarely present the same issue for our determination, we have consolidated them for the purpose of opinion. In No. 445, appellant Leonard Arehambault, who is serving a life sentence following a conviction for first degree murder, filed a petition under the Post Conviction Hearing Act alleging that he did not knowingly and intelligently waive his right to a direct appeal. A hearing was held at which appellant’s trial counsel testified that he remembered appellant’s trial, that he had told appellant there was no possibility of securing…