Commonwealth v. Craig
Commonwealth v. Craig
Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
This appeal curiously enough is from an order of the trial court in a Post Conviction Hearing Act proceeding, granting appellant the right to appeal from his conviction for first degree murder in 1960. Appellant requests that we quash the appeal, apparently on the theory that he is entitled to an evidentiary hearing to present support for his various claims. The history of this case is very confused, but the following facts seem established: appellant filed an unsuccessful motion for a new trial immediately after his conviction; he never appealed from his conviction; appellant has claimed in the past that he was denied his Douglas rights; he has filed several earlier habeas corpus petitions in federal court; he did not allege his Douglas claim in the present petition.
Appellant’s counsel seems to base his appeal on a desire to renew his motion for a new trial and present
Order affirmed.
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