William R. Stidham v. John W. Wingo, Warden, Kentucky State Penitentiary

KENT, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from the District Court’s denial, without a hearing, of the petitioner’s application for a writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner challenges the legality of his confinement, under a 20 year sentence, after a conviction of armed robbery.

The complaint alleges that on March 9, 1966, petitioner and his co-defendant were stopped near Lexington, Kentucky, by police officers who observed that the vehicle which they were driving had broken taillights. Immediately after they were stopped, the petitioner and his co-defendant were searched and a quantity of money was…