Joe Dawson v. Henry Cowan, Superintendent, Kentucky State Penitentiary

McCREE, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court for the Western District of Kentucky denying appellant’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Appellant is confined in the Kentucky State Penitentiary at Eddyville.

On February 23,1972, appellant Joe Dawson was convicted by a jury of the attempted rape of a child under the age of twelve, and sentenced to twenty years confinement. Although he was also charged under the habitual offender statute, KRS 431.190, the jury convicted him of only the principal offense. An appeal presenting the issue of ineffective assistance…