Whiteside v. Bordenkircher

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ALLEN, District Judge.

This cause was brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Secs. 2242 and 2254 for a writ of habeas corpus. The petitioner was convicted of one count of armed robbery, Indictment No. 152797, on February 20, 1975, following a two-day jury trial in Jefferson Circuit Court, and was sentenced, upon the jury's recommendation, to life imprisonment. An appeal to the Kentucky Supreme Court resulted in a judgment affirming that conviction on January 13,1976; and on June 1, 1976, the United States Supreme Court denied a petition for writ of certiorari, seeking review of the…