State Ex Rel. Kitchen v. Painter

Max Paul Kitchen, the appellant, appeals the August 22, 2007, order of the Circuit Court of Logan County that denied his petition for a writ of habeas corpus in which he sought relief from his conviction of first degree murder and his sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. In his appeal to this Court, the appellant raises several assignments of error. After a careful review of the circuit court’s ruling, the parties’ arguments, and the record submitted on appeal, we affirm.

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FACTS

In 1996, Max Paul Kitchen, the appellant, was convicted of first degree murder with no…