Legal Opinion
Kenneth Clemmons v. Dewey Sowders, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 26, 1994No. 93-5825PublishedCited by 125 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CELEBREZZE, Senior Circuit Judge.
Petitioner pro se, Kenneth Clemmons, filed a 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for writ of habeas corpus on November 9, 1992. The district court, adopting the magistrate’s findings of fact and conclusions of law, dismissed the petition. Clemmons now appeals that order.
In the spring of 1990, a Woodford County, Kentucky jury convicted Clemmons of first degree burglary and theft over $100, and found him to be a first degree persistent felony offender. The court sentenced Clem-mons to over twenty years imprisonment in July, 1990. Clemmons lost his direct appeal and…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Estelle v. McGuireSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Brecht v. AbrahamsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Sumner v. MataSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Michael G. Levine v. Patricia Torvik, Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Intervenor-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1993
- Joseph Cooper v. Dewey Sowders, Warden, Northpoint Training CenterCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1988
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3Cited by125 opinions
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- Silas T. McAdoo v. Frank Elo, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2004
- Thomas Cress v. Carmen Palmer, Warden, Riverside Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2007
- Robert Lee Norris v. James Schotten, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1998
- United States v. FrostCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1997
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