McHenry v. Commonwealth

STEINFELD, Chief Justice.

Appellant Otha R. McHenry was convicted on October 4, 1966, of being a habitual criminal (KRS 431.190) and was sentenced to life imprisonment. When Mc-Henry sought post-conviction relief, authorized by RCr 11.42, the circuit court granted a belated appeal which is now before us together with his attack on the disposition of his claims for other post-conviction relief. We find appellant’s claims to be without merit, and therefore affirm the judgment.

On his belated appeal McHenry contends that Kentucky’s present single-stage procedure for trial of habitual-criminal…