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BOWERS v. BATTLES

No. 77-1017.

568 F.2d 1 (1977)

William Gregory BOWERS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Donald BATTLES, Camp Supervisor, Harlan County Forestry Camp, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided December 22, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Radigan, Frankfort (Court appointed), for petitioner-appellant.

Robert F. Stephens, Atty. Gen. of Kentucky, William W. Pollard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, for respondent-appellee.

Before EDWARDS, CELEBREZZE and LIVELY, Circuit Judges.

LIVELY, Circuit Judge.

This appeal from denial of the writ of habeas corpus concerns the adequacy of a retrospective hearing on the issue of the petitioner's mental competence to stand trial. On May 17, 1971 Bowers pled guilty to a charge of murder in the Fayette County, Kentucky, Circuit Court. On recommendation of the Commonwealth's Attorney he was sentenced to life imprisonment by a jury. He was represented by retained counsel prior to, and at the time of his plea...

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