Legal Opinion
Jones v. Davis
District Court, W.D. Kentucky
Decided January 22, 1964No. Civ. A. No. 4516PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BROOKS, Chief Judge.
In this habeas corpus proceeding petitioner seeks his release from confinement in the Kentucky State Reformatory where he is serving a sentence of life imprisonment. That sentence was imposed by a judgment of the Pulaski Circuit Court entered upon petitioner’s plea of guilty to an indictment charging him under K. R.S. 431.190, the Kentucky Habitual *950Criminal Act, with storehouse breaking and two previous felony convictions. Petitioner was granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis.
The grounds relied upon by petitioner in support of his claim that he was denied due process…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- United States Ex Rel. Collins v. Claudy, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1953
- McMahan v. HunterCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1945
- Hall v. JohnstonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1936
- Smith v. BuchananCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1942
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Greenville Noble v. Harold Black, Superintendent, Kentucky State ReformatoryCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1976
- William Ray Jones v. David L. Davis, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1964