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MAYES v. SOWDERS

Nos. 79-3709, 79-3710.

621 F.2d 850 (1980)

Curtis Lee MAYES, Petitioner-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. Dewey SOWDERS, Warden, Respondent-Appellee, Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided June 3, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank W. Heft, Jr., Chief App. Defender of the Jefferson Dist. Public Defender, Louisville, Ky., for petitioner-appellant, cross-appellee.

Robert Stephens, Atty. Gen., Frankfort, Ky., for respondent-appellee, cross-appellant.

Before WEICK, Circuit Judge, and PHILLIPS and PECK, Senior Circuit Judges.

WEICK, Circuit Judge.

The Commonwealth of Kentucky has appealed from an order of the District Court granting a writ of habeas corpus to the petitioner, Curtis Lee Mayes, with respect to two murder convictions in its courts. The petitioner has appealed from the denial to him of a writ of habeas corpus by the same District Court with respect to two robbery convictions which were involved in the murders.

Curtis Lee Mayes was convicted by a jury in the Jefferson...

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