Legal Opinion
Elbert Phillip Long v. Steven Smith, Superintendent, Kentucky State Reformatory at Lagrange, Kentucky
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided October 29, 1981No. 80-3057PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEICK, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner-Appellant Elbert Phillip Long (Long) has appealed to this court from an order of the District Court denying his application for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254.
Long had been convicted of murder and attempted rape by a jury in the Circuit Court of Davies County, Kentucky, and was sentenced to a term of life and five years imprisonment, respectively. His conviction was affirmed on direct appeal by the Supreme Court of Kentucky in an unanimous opinion written for the court by Judge Jones reported in Long v. Commonwealth of Kentucky, 559 S.W.2d 482…
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