BRUCE v. WINGO

No. 71-1888.

457 F.2d 365 (1972)

William Jacob BRUCE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. John W. WINGO, Warden, Kentucky State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

March 20, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Jacob Bruce, pro. per.

John B. Breckinridge, Atty. Gen., Martin Glazer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Commonwealth of Kentucky, Frankfort, Ky., on brief for appellee.

Before WEICK, CELEBREZZE and PECK, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from the District Court's denial of a petition for habeas corpus.

Appellant was convicted of rape after a jury trial held in the Hopkins County (Ky.) Circuit Court in 1966. He was sentenced to twelve years' imprisonment.

The Kentucky Court of Appeals reversed the conviction because some of the evidence admitted at the trial had been obtained through an improper search. On remand...

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