Perkins v. Commonwealth

CULLEN, Commissioner.

Earl Ray Perkins, an indigent, who was represented by court-appointed counsel, was tried on a charge of murder, found guilty, and received a sentence of life imprisonment. His counsel filed a motion for a new trial, which was overruled on September 18, 1973. No notice of appeal was filed within the ensuing 10-day period allowed by RCr 12.54 for taking an appeal, so the right of appeal was lost. On November 17, 1973, Perkins, by and through the same counsel, filed a motion in the circuit court asking that the court “reinstate his right appeal,” alleging that “through *874inadve…