TARRENCE v. BUCHANAN

No. 2866.

126 F.Supp. 752 (1954)

Leonard TARRENCE, Petitioner, v. Jess BUCHANAN, Warden Kentucky State Penitentiary, Eddyville, Kentucky and Commonwealth of Kentucky Through its Attorney General, Respondents.

United States District Court W. D. Kentucky, at Louisville.

December 27, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sandy Paniello, Louisville, Ky., for petitioner.

A. Scott Hamilton, Carl Ousley, Jr., Lawrence Higgins, Louisville, Ky., for respondents.


BROOKS, District Judge.

This is an application for a writ of habeas corpus under the provisions of Section 2241, Title 28 United States Code Annotated.

The petitioner, Leonard Tarrence, entered a plea of guilty to the murder of Francis J. McCormick and in accordance with Kentucky law a jury was impaneled to fix the penalty, K.R.S. 431.130, 435.010. Petitioner was given a death sentence and is awaiting execution set for January 14, 1955.

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