Legal Opinion
Virgil Lee Kelly, Jr. v. John W. Wingo, Warden, Kentucky State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided January 25, 1973No. 72-1460PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PHILLIPS, Chief Judge.
Petitioner, Virgil Lee Kelly, Jr., was convicted on April 16, 1969, in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Kentucky, and is presently serving a fifteen year sentence for armed robbery and a five year sentence for operating a motor vehicle without the owner’s consent. He appeals the denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus. We affirm.
Kelly had been represented by court-appointed counsel, who was named on January 17, 1969. On the morning of the scheduled trial date, April 16, this attorney, after a plea-bargaining conference with the prosecution, recommended…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Theodore R. Allen v. E. P. Perini, SuperintendentCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1970
- Avery v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Johnnie Lucas and Chester Sturgis v. People of the State of MichiganCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1970
- Hammershoy v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1966
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3Cited by6 opinions
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- Collins v. PeriniDistrict Court, N.D. Ohio · 1978
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