HIGBEE v. THOMAS


376 S.W.2d 305 (1963)

David W. HIGBEE, Appellant, v. Luther THOMAS, Warden Kentucky State Penitentiary, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing March 13, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Higbee, pro se.

John B. Breckinridge, Atty. Gen., Ray Corns, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


PALMORE, Judge.

In October of 1960 the appellant, David Higbee, pleaded guilty to an indictment in the Hopkins Circuit Court charging him with incest and was sentenced to 21 years in prison. KRS 436.060. He was committed to the penitentiary at Eddyville and in May of 1962 filed in the Lyon Circuit Court a petition for habeas corpus based on sworn allegations to the following effect:

(1) On the date of the trial in circuit court "counsel for the defense spent...

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