Legal Opinion
James J. Corbett v. Donald E. Bordenkircher, Superintendent
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 22, 1980No. 78-3672PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAILEY BROWN, Circuit Judge.
In this habeas action, petitioner, James J. Corbett, who was convicted of burglary and of being an habitual offender and received a life sentence in 1975 in the circuit court of Henderson County, Kentucky, contends that in his state trial and in the penalty imposed he was deprived of federal constitutional rights. He has exhausted his state remedy by direct appeal. Corbett also contends that the federal district judge, Honorable James F. Gordon, who heard and denied his habeas petition, further erred in dismissing his petition without an evidentiary hearing and…
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