YOUNG v. REES

No. 81-5711.

707 F.2d 935 (1983)

Robert YOUNG, Petitioner-Appellant, v. John D. REES, Warden KSR, LaGrange, Kentucky, Steven L. Beshear, Attorney General of Kentucky, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided June 3, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith McCormick (argued), Louisville, Ky., for petitioner-appellant.

Steven L. Beshear, Atty. Gen. of Kentucky, Mary Dentinger, Joe Johnson (argued), Asst. Attys. Gen., Frankfort, Ky., for respondents-appellees.

Before EDWARDS, Chief Judge, LIVELY, Circuit Judge and MARKEY, Chief Judge.


PER CURIAM:

Appellant Robert Young appeals from an order entered by Chief Judge Allen denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. He had been found guilty of murder in the Jefferson County Circuit Court of Kentucky in a trial for murder which arose out of an altercation in a bar with a man named Robert Maxwell who was subsequently shot and killed.

The evidence at trial disclosed that Young, Blanche Gray and Maxwell were drinking in a tavern. After an...

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