KINCADE v. SPARKMAN

No. 96-5842.

175 F.3d 444 (1999)

James R. KINCADE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Emmitt L. SPARKMAN, Warden; Commonwealth of Kentucky, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided April 28, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric M. Jaegers, Louisville, Kentucky, James R. Kincade (briefed), Pineville, Kentucky, pro se, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Dina A. Jones, Asst. Atty. Gen. (briefed), Office of the Attorney General, Criminal Appellate Division, Frankfort, Kentucky, for Respondents-Appellees.

Before: MERRITT, GUY, and MOORE, Circuit Judges.


MERRITT, Circuit Judge.

James R. Kincade, a Kentucky state prisoner, appeals pro se a district court judgment dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. In 1991, a jury convicted Kincade of first degree burglary and of being a first degree persistent felony offender, and he was sentenced to twenty-five years imprisonment. After unsuccessfully pursuing state court remedies, he filed this petition for federal habeas corpus relief.

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