Burch v. Whaley

Judge Cammack

Affirming.

'This is an appeal from a judgment of the Oldham Circuit Court denying Charlie Burch a writ of habeas corpus.

Burch is now serving a life sentence upon a conviction on an indictment for murder in the Bell Circuit Court. In the case of Burch v. Whaley, 311 Ky. 53, 223 S. W. 2d 355, we dismissed Burch’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus in this Court because we have appellate jurisdiction only in such an action. Previous to that ruling the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit affirmed the judgment of the United States District Court for the Western…