CRANE v. SOWDERS

Civ. A. No. C88-0478-L(A).

708 F.Supp. 163 (1989)

Major CRANE, Petitioner, v. Dewey SOWDERS, Respondent.

United States District Court, W.D. Kentucky, at Louisville.

March 2, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank W. Heft, Jr., Chief Appellate Defender of Jefferson Dist. Public Defender, Louisville, Ky., for petitioner.

Frederic J. Cowan, Atty. Gen., John S. Cillig, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, Ky., for respondent.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

ALLEN, Senior District Judge.

This 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2254 petition is before the Court following the determination of the Supreme Court of the United States that there was constitutional error in the trial court's exclusion of certain evidence concerning the circumstances surrounding petitioner's confession. Crane v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 683, 106 S.Ct. 2142, 90 L.Ed.2d 636 (1986). The Court remanded to...

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