Claude Francis Roddy, Jr. v. Harold E. Black, Superintendent

CELEBREZZE, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from the denial of a writ of habeas corpus. After an evidentiary hearing, the District Court rejected Appellant’s contention that habeas relief was justified on the grounds that his guilty plea was not properly accepted, that his counsel had rendered ineffective assistance, and that his convictions were induced by the perjury of an ex-wife.

Appellant was charged on December 8, 1971 in two separate indictments alleging immoral and indecent practices under section 435.105, Ky.Rev.Stat. Indictment No. 145905 charged that he had engaged in forbidden…