Legal Opinion
James G. Crick v. Steve Smith, Warden, Kentucky State Reformatory
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 12, 1981No. 80-3091PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ENGEL, Circuit Judge.
James G. Crick entered counseled pleas of guilty in the Christian Circuit Court, Kentucky, to charges of murder, armed robbery, and taking a vehicle without the consent of the owner. After exhausting his state remedies, he sought freedom through federal habeas corpus proceedings in the United States District Court.
The events which led to the criminal proceedings occurred on November 29, 1973, seventeen days before Crick’s eighteenth birthday. Under Kentucky law he was entitled as a minor to the protection of the state’s juvenile statutes. Ky.Rev.Stat. § 208.010, et seq.…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Kent v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Reed v. RossSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Ronnie Lee Maupin v. Steve Smith, Superintendent, Kentucky State Reformatory and Steven L. Beshear, Attorney General of KentuckyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1986
- Kevin Winston Osborn v. Duane Shillinger, Warden of the Wyoming State Penitentiary A.G. McClintock the Attorney General of the State of WyomingCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1988
- Willis Leroy v. R.C. Marshall, Supt.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1985
- Ivie Clay, a Minor v. Director, Juvenile Division, Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
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