Legal Opinion
James Cook v. Donald E. Bordenkircher, Superintendent, Kentucky State Penitentiary at Eddyville, Kentucky
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 28, 1979No. 78-3589PublishedCited by 101 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KEITH, Circuit Judge.
On September 18, 1975, a Kentucky Circuit Court jury found petitioner James Cook guilty of one count of first degree rape 1 and two counts of sodomy. 2 Pursuant to Kentucky procedure, 3 the jury fixed his punishment at the maximum of 20 years imprisonment on each count. The petitioner was sentenced on September 29, 1975, and the sentences were ordered to run consecutively for a total of sixty (60) years. The Kentucky Supreme Court affirmed the conviction on direct appeal in a brief per curiam opinion. Petitioner then filed this petition for a writ of habeas corpus…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Berger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Donnelly v. DeChristoforoSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- United States v. Maneer LeonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1976
- United States v. Robert Earl BessCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1979
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3Cited by101 opinions
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- Slaughter v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1987
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