William E. Boyd v. Henry E. Cowan

This is an appeal from denial of appellant’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus without hearing, entered in the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, at Bowling Green.

The critical questions argued on this appeal are whether petitioner was denied a right to appeal his state court conviction and denied the right to the effective assistance of counsel in perfecting an appeal. This issue was considered by the Kentucky State Court in a hearing under Kentucky Criminal Rule 11.42 and relief was denied under Kentucky law because at the time of his trial, appellant was…