Legal Opinion
Elliott v. Kentucky
District Court, W.D. Kentucky
Decided July 22, 1942No. 466PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MILLER, District Judge.
The petitioner, William Elliott, filed his application herein for a writ of habeas corpus under the provisions of Sections 452 and 453, Title 28 U.S.C.A.
The petition sets out that the petitioner was indicted for murder at the January, 1941, term of the Whitley Circuit Court of Kentucky, was tried by a jury, found guilty and sentenced to death, but that by reason of certain facts, hereinafter referred to, his conviction and sentence was in violation of his rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution, and that he is being deprived of his life without due process…
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