MURRAY v. SUPERINTENDENT, KY. STATE PENITENTIARY

No. 80-3478.

651 F.2d 451 (1981)

Glenn Morris MURRAY, Petitioner-Appellee, v. SUPERINTENDENT, KENTUCKY STATE PENITENTIARY, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided June 15, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven L. Beshear, Atty. Gen., Joseph R. Johnson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, Ky., for respondent-appellant.

Edwin J. Walbourn, III, Federal Public Defender, Lexington, Ky., for petitioner-appellee.

Before KEITH and MERRITT, Circuit Judges, and CELEBREZZE, Senior Circuit Judge.


KEITH, Circuit Judge.

On March 2, 1970, Petitioner Glenn Morris Murray was indicted for the armed robbery of a food store in Versailles, Kentucky. Petitioner Murray was also charged with being a habitual criminal offender. At trial, a jury found Murray guilty of the armed robbery and of being a habitual criminal offender. Murray was sentenced to life imprisonment. Murray's conviction was upheld on direct appeal by the Kentucky Court of Appeals.

Murray then...

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