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Richard Harrison Cremeans v. Walt Chapleau, Warden, and Commonwealth of Kentucky

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided August 14, 1995No. 94-5609PublishedCited by 68 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SUHRHEINRICH, Circuit Judge.

Appellee Richard Cremeans was granted federal habeas corpus relief in April 1994. The district court granted relief on the ground that the length of delay from the time Cremeans pleaded guilty in October 1977 to the time an evidentiary hearing was held on the issue of Cremeans’ competency at the time he pleaded guilty denied Cremeans due process of law. For the reasons that follow, we REVERSE.

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Police officers arrested Cremeans in September 1975, after Cremeans broke into a drug store in Cave City, Kentucky. Creme-ans was indicted for burglary, theft by unlawful…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Pate v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Drope v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  3. Sumner v. MataSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  4. Arthur H. Smith v. Arnold R. Jago, Supt.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1990
  5. United States v. Hubert R. FergusonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1990

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3Cited by68 opinions

  1. John Austin v. Andrew Jackson, Warden Huron Valley Men's FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2000
  2. United States v. Donald G. Ford (97-6097/6270) Sandra Hutchins Ford (97-6271)Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1999
  3. Charles Howard West v. William Seabold, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1996
  4. Gary Alan Walker v. Attorney General for the State of Oklahoma Ron WardCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1999
  5. Andrew MacKey v. Michael Dutton, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2000

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