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COHOON v. REES

No. 86-5046.

820 F.2d 784 (1987)

Carl COHOON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. John REES and David Armstrong, Attorney General of Kentucky, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided June 5, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Vincent Buchanan, Rising Sun, Ohio, Jonathan G. Stotzer (argued), for petitioner-appellant.

David Armstrong, Atty. Gen. of Ky., Frankfort, Ky., Gerald Henry (argued), for respondents-appellees.

Before RYAN and BOGGS, Circuit Judges, and BROWN, Senior Circuit Judge.

PER CURIAM.

Carl Cohoon was convicted in Lyon Circuit Court in Kentucky in October 1983 for violation of Ky.Rev.Stat. Section 506.120, the Kentucky Criminal Syndication Statute. Cohoon, a state prison inmate, was convicted of involvement in a scheme to obtain and sell illegal drugs within the prison. At trial, Cohoon challenged the statute as unconstitutionally vague, in violation of his fifth and fourteenth amendment rights to equal protection and due process. Cohoon...

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