CORBETT v. BORDENKIRCHER

No. 78-3672.

615 F.2d 722 (1980)

James J. CORBETT, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Donald E. BORDENKIRCHER, Superintendent, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided February 22, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Radigan, Asst. Public Defender, Frankfort, Ky., for petitioner-appellant.

James Jay Corbett, pro se.

Robert F. Stephens, Atty. Gen., Robert W. Hensley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, Ky., for respondent-appellee.

Before WEICK, KEITH and BAILEY BROWN, Circuit Judges.


BAILEY BROWN, Circuit Judge.

In this habeas action, petitioner, James J. Corbett, who was convicted of burglary and of being an habitual offender and received a life sentence in 1975 in the circuit court of Henderson County, Kentucky, contends that in his state trial and in the penalty imposed he was deprived of federal constitutional rights. He has exhausted his state remedy by direct appeal. Corbett also contends that the federal district judge, Honorable James...

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