Legal Opinion

Landrum v. Commonwealth of Kentucky

District Court, E.D. Kentucky

Decided September 11, 1974No. 5:10-misc-05005Published

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

SWINFORD, District Judge.

This application for habeas corpus relief attacks Landrum’s 1973 conviction in Kenton Circuit Court for uttering a forged check, operating a motor vehicle without the owner’s consent, and being an habitual criminal. It is alleged that the petitioner was indicted for forgery in 1968 while serving a sentence imposed by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky; however, a detainer lodged with federal authorities was subsequently withdrawn in response to the defendant’s demands for a speedy trial. Despite this alleged…

2Cases cited14 opinions

Picard v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
Braden v. 30th Judicial Circuit Court of KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1973
Ex Parte RoyallSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
WILWORDING Et Al. v. SWENSON, WARDENSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
Hardin v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1968

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