GILBERT v. SOWDERS

No. 79-3597.

646 F.2d 1146 (1981)

Daniel Duane GILBERT, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Dewey SOWDERS, Superintendent, Kentucky State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided April 2, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. David Clauss, and Gerald Henry, Asst. Attys. Gen., Frankfort, Ky., for respondent-appellant.

David E. Murrell, Public Advocate, Kevin Michael McNally, Asst. Public Advocate, Frankfort, Ky. (Court-appointed), for petitioner-appellee.

Before EDWARDS, Chief Judge, and ENGEL and JONES, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

In this case Warden Sowders appeals from a District Judge's decision granting defendant Gilbert's petition for writ of habeas corpus after the District Court determined that he had been denied his constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel during the appeal of his Kentucky conviction for kidnapping.

This proceeding arises from a situation where retained counsel violated a highly technical procedural rule which resulted in Gilbert's...

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