Richard Cepulonis v. Joseph Ponte

COFFIN, Chief Judge.

Petitioner-appellant Richard Cepulonis appeals from the denial of his petition for habeas corpus, alleging ineffective assistance of counsel and involuntariness in the entry of guilty pleas to two counts of armed robbery. We affirm.

I

Appellant was indicted on March 5, 1972, and on November 9 of that year, in return of the Commonwealth’s promise to recommend a sentence of five to ten years’ imprisonment, pled guilty to robbing the Arnold Coat Company and a Western Union telegraph office in Worcester, Massachusetts, at gunpoint. The robberies netted appellant $394 in cash, a…