Legal Opinion
Barber v. Thomas
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided March 23, 1962PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MOREMEN, Judge.
Charles Barber, a prisoner in Kentucky State Penitentiary, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. After a hearing relief was denied by judgment of the Lyon Circuit Court.
We have a very meager record before us.
The petition for the writ alleges that Barber is being illegally “detained of his liberty” in violation of his rights under the 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States; that he is being held by the warden of the state penitentiary and that he was conveyed to the penitentiary by order of the Pulaski Circuit Court under a charge of breaking into and…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Jackson v. United States ex rel. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Coleman v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1939
- Department of Public Welfare v. Polsgrove, JudgeCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1933
- Brown v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1951
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Jones v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1966