Legal Opinion
Karl Kraus, Jr. v. Clark Taylor
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 3, 2013No. 10-5261, 10-5262PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JULIA SMITH GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.
Over the course of two trials, state court juries in Livingston County, Kentucky convicted Karl Kraus, Jr., on charges of first-degree rape, sodomy, and sexual abuse involving two mentally delayed women. He is now serving a prison sentence of seventy years with a life enhancement. After exhausting his direct appeals and pursuing a motion for post-conviction relief in the Kentucky courts, Kraus filed two pro se petitions for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 in federal district court. Clark Taylor, the Warden of the Kentucky State…
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