Legal Opinion
Kordenbrock v. Scroggy
District Court, E.D. Kentucky
Decided February 16, 1988No. 6:07-misc-00001PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
BERTELSMAN, District Judge.
Petitioner, Paul Kordenbrock, received the death penalty after he was convicted of murder by a jury in a Kentucky trial court. His appeal was affirmed by the Kentucky Supreme Court. The case is now before this court for habeas corpus review. 28 U.S.C. § 2254.
The background facts of this case were ably presented by the Kentucky Supreme Court in Kordenbrock v. Commonwealth, 700 S.W.2d 384 (Ky.1985). The Court there stated as follows:
“The crimes were committed in a Western Auto Store owned by William Thompson. Two days prior to the incident,…
2Cases cited145 opinions
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- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by28 opinions
- People v. FryeCalifornia Supreme Court · 1998
- Leonard Rogers v. Neil J. Bruntrager, Janet Fanetti, Brendan Ryan, Charles D. Kitchin, Philip Kramer, James L. Sanders, Henry RobertsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1988
- Paul Kordenbrock v. Gene Scroggy, Warden, Kentucky State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1991
- David Junior Brown v. Gary Dixon, Warden, Central Prison, David Junior Brown v. Gary Dixon, Warden, Central PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1989
- State v. ReevesNebraska Supreme Court · 1990
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