Legal Opinion
Ronnie Lee Maupin v. Steve Smith, Superintendent, Kentucky State Reformatory and Steven L. Beshear, Attorney General of Kentucky
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 5, 1986No. 84-5446PublishedCited by 775 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOYCE F. MARTIN, JR., Circuit Judge.
Ronnie Lee Maupin appeals the district court’s denial of his habeas corpus petition. Maupin was tried and convicted in 1977 of the murder of William Drew and was sentenced to twenty years in prison. Maupin alleges that his conviction is invalid because it was based on insufficient evidence and because he was denied effective assistance of counsel.
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On the evening of August 8, 1976, Maupin, Arthur Jones, and William Drew drove to an isolated wooded area where William Drew said he could get a gallon of moonshine. The three men left their car parked in the…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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