KRAUS v. TAYLOR

Nos. 10-5261, 10-5262.

715 F.3d 589 (2013)

Karl KRAUS, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. Clark TAYLOR, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: May 3, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: William M. Barron , University of Michigan Law School Federal Appellate Litigation Clinic, Ann Arbor, Michigan, for Appellant. Perry T. Ryan , Office of the Kentucky Attorney General, Frankfort, Kentucky, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: William M. Barron , University of Michigan Law School Federal Appellate Litigation Clinic, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Melissa M. Salinas , Office of the Federal Public Defender, Toledo, Ohio, Dennis G. Terez , Office of the Federal Public Defender, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellant. Perry T. Ryan , Office of the Kentucky Attorney General, Frankfort, Kentucky, for Appellee.

Before: SUHRHEINRICH, MOORE, and GIBBONS, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

JULIA SMITH GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.

Over the course of two trials, state court juries in Livingston County, Kentucky convicted Karl Kraus, Jr., on charges of first-degree rape, sodomy, and sexual abuse involving two mentally delayed women. He is now serving a prison sentence of seventy years with a life enhancement. After exhausting his direct appeals and pursuing a motion for post-conviction relief...

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