BURNS v. WINGO

No. 19826.

426 F.2d 227 (1970)

Emmet Earl BURNS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. John W. WINGO, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

May 14, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emmet Earl Burns in pro per.

John B. Breckinridge, Atty. Gen., David Murrell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Commonwealth of Kentucky, Frankfort, Ky., for appellee.

Before EDWARDS and CELEBREZZE, Circuit Judges, and CECIL, Senior Circuit Judge.


PER CURIAM.

Emmet Earl Burns, petitioner-appellant, appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky at Owensboro, denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The appellant is now confined in the Kentucky State Penitentiary at Eddyville serving a sentence of ten years on his plea of guilty to an indictment charging him with rape of a female over twelve years of age.

On March 21, 1968, about three months after...

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