Legal Opinion

McGaha v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided August 28, 2015No. 2014-CA-000834-MRPublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

LAMBERT, J„ JUDGE:

Jeffrey McGaha, proceeding pro se, has appealed from the March' 7, 2014, order of the Adair Circuit Court denying his post-conviction motion for relief pursuant to Kentucky Rules of Criminal Procedure (RCr) 11.42 without an evidentiary hearing.' Because we hold that the record refutes the issues of fact McGaha raises and that he is not entitled to relief, we affirm the order on appeal.

Our Supreme Court summarized the factual history of this case in its opinion on McGaha’s direct appeal, which we shall adopt:

[McGaha] and the victim, Mike Co-wan, were neighbors in a…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. United States v. CronicSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  3. Bell v. ConeSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
  4. Kimmelman v. MorrisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  5. Massaro v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2003

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Stanfill v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 2016
  2. Luna v. JordanDistrict Court, W.D. Kentucky · 2020
  3. Stanfill v. BottomDistrict Court, W.D. Kentucky · 2019

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