CRICK v. SMITH

No. 80-3091.

650 F.2d 860 (1981)

James G. CRICK, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Steve SMITH, Warden, Kentucky State Reformatory, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided June 12, 1981.

Rehearing Denied September 10, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven L. Beshear, Atty. Gen. of Ky., Robert L. Chenoweth, Michael R. Beiting, Asst. Attys. Gen., Frankfort, Ky., for respondent-appellee.

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

Before ENGEL and BROWN, Circuit Judges, and GUY, District Judge.


ENGEL, Circuit Judge.

James G. Crick entered counseled pleas of guilty in the Christian Circuit Court, Kentucky, to charges of murder, armed robbery, and taking a vehicle without the consent of the owner. After exhausting his state remedies, he sought freedom through federal habeas corpus proceedings in the United States District Court.

The events which led to the criminal proceedings occurred on November 29, 1973, seventeen days before Crick's eighteenth...

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