WEDDING v. WINGO

No. 72-2160.

483 F.2d 1131 (1973)

Carl James WEDDING, Petitioner-Appellant, v. John W. WINGO, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided August 31, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph G. Glass, court-appointed, Louisville, Ky., on brief, for petitioner-appellant.

Ed W. Hancock, Atty. Gen., James M. Ringo, Asst. Atty. Gen., Commonwealth of Kentucky, Frankfort, Ky., on brief, for respondent-appellee.

Before PHILLIPS, Chief Judge, WEICK, Circuit Judge, and CECIL, Senior Circuit Judge.


WEICK, Circuit Judge.

Wedding appeals from the denial by the District Court of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus after an evidentiary hearing conducted by a United States Magistrate. Wedding is presently serving a life sentence imposed in 1949 by the Webster Circuit Court of Kentucky after a plea of guilty to a charge of murder. He had filed his petition for the writ in the District Court in 1971, alleging among other things that his counsel was not appointed...

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