NORTON v. PARKE

No. 88-6361.

892 F.2d 476 (1989)

Richard W. NORTON, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Al C. PARKE, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided December 22, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Culver V. Halliday (argued), Greenebaum, Boone, Treitz, Maggiolo, Reisz & Brown, Louisville, Ky., for petitioner-appellee.

Frederic J. Cowan, Atty. Gen., William B. Pettus, Asst. Atty. Gen. (argued), Frankfort, Ky., for respondent-appellant.

Before KEITH, MILBURN and NORRIS, Circuit Judges.


KEITH, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Al C. Parke ("Parke") appeals from a district court order granting appellee Richard W. Norton's ("Norton") petition for a writ of habeas corpus. For the reasons set forth below, we REVERSE.

I.

Parke serves as the warden of the Kentucky State Reformatory ("the Kentucky Reformatory") in La Grange, Kentucky. Norton is a prisoner in the Kentucky Reformatory. In November 1981, Norton was sentenced by the Kenton Circuit...

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