Mercer v. Commonwealth

BIRD, Chief Justice.

The trial court dismissed Gordon Mercer’s petition for writ of habeas corpus. He appeals.

He was convicted in the Jefferson Circuit Court under the Habitual Criminal Act, KRS 431.190. His punishment, was fixed at life imprisonment. Here, as in the trial court, he contends that the Habitual Criminal Act violates various provisions of both state and federal constitutions and that his imprisonment is therefore wrongful.

This Court has heretofore held that the act does not violate either constitution as claimed by him, or at all. For discussion of the same issues, see Allen v.…