WILLIAMS v. BORDENKIRCHER

No. 82-3399.

696 F.2d 464 (1983)

Bill Hugo WILLIAMS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Donald E. BORDENKIRCHER, Supt., Kentucky State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided January 3, 1983.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied February 28, 1983.

Certiorari Denied May 2, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Michael Murphy, Federal Public Defender, Lexington, Ky., for petitioner-appellant.

Carl T. Miller, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, Ky., for respondent-appellee.

Before ENGEL and KEITH, Circuit Judges, and PECK, Senior Circuit Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied February 28, 1983.

Certiorari Denied May 2, 1983. See 103 S.Ct. 1898.

KEITH, Circuit Judge.

Appellant appeals from a judgment dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The district court held that the state trial court did not err when it did not sua sponte hold an evidentiary hearing on Appellant's competency to plead guilty to criminal charges.

Appellant was charged in the Laurel Circuit Court...

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