MAUPIN v. SMITH

No. 84-5446.

785 F.2d 135 (1986)

Ronnie Lee MAUPIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Steve SMITH, Superintendent, Kentucky State Reformatory; and Steven L. Beshear, Attorney General of Kentucky, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided March 5, 1986.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied May 21, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joanne M. Yanish, Frankfort, Ky., Randall L. Wheeler, argued, for plaintiff-appellant.

David A. Armstrong, Atty. Gen., Frankfort, Ky., Gerald Henry, argued, for defendants-appellees.

Before MARTIN and KRUPANSKY, Circuit Judges; and HOLSCHUH, District Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied May 21, 1986.

BOYCE F. MARTIN, JR., Circuit Judge.

Ronnie Lee Maupin appeals the district court's denial of his habeas corpus petition. Maupin was tried and convicted in 1977 of the murder of William Drew and was sentenced to twenty years in prison. Maupin alleges that his conviction is invalid because it was based on insufficient evidence and because he was denied effective assistance of counsel.

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