William R. Stidham v. John W. Wingo, Warden, Kentucky State Penitentiary

WEICK, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner, Stidham, and one, Richard L. Long, were convicted in the Fayette County, Kentucky, Circuit Court on a charge of armed robbery of a liquor store, and were sentenced to twenty years’ imprisonment. They did not appeal from their conviction. Subsequently, they filed a motion to vacate sentence under Kentucky’s post-conviction procedures (R.Cr. 11.42), which motion was denied by the Circuit Court. On appeal to Kentucky’s highest court, the Court of Appeals, the judgment of the Circuit Court was affirmed in a signed opinion. Stidham v. Commonwealth of Kentucky, 444…