DAWSON v. COWAN

No. 75-1338.

531 F.2d 1374 (1976)

Joe DAWSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Henry COWAN, Superintendent, Kentucky State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided March 26, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul F. Isaacs, Asst. Public Defender, Frankfort, Ky., for petitioner-appellant.

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

Before PHILLIPS, Chief Judge, and EDWARDS and McCREE, Circuit Judges.


McCREE, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court for the Western District of Kentucky denying appellant's petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Appellant is confined in the Kentucky State Penitentiary at Eddyville.

On February 23, 1972, appellant Joe Dawson was convicted by a jury of the attempted rape of a child under the age of twelve, and sentenced to twenty years confinement. Although he was also charged under the habitual...

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