Legal Opinion
James Edward Pate v. Steve Smith, Warden of Kentucky State Reformatory Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Kentucky
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided January 9, 1981No. 80-3231PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIVELY, Circuit Judge.
In this appeal from denial of a petition for writ of habeas corpus the question for decision is whether the state court judge who presided at petitioner’s murder trial was required to conduct a competency hearing. We adopt the following statement of facts from the district court’s memorandum:
The petitioner was indicted in the Daviess Circuit Court in Owensboro, Kentucky, for the offense of the murder of his former wife, and was convicted and sentenced by the jury to life imprisonment. Final judgment was entered on February 7,1978, and Notice of Appeal to the Supreme…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Pate v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Drope v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Geza De Kaplany v. J. J. Enomoto, Director of California Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1976
- United States of America Ex Rel. Walter Paul McGough v. H. D. Hewitt, Superintendent, State Prison at HuntingdonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1976
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3Cited by38 opinions
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- Richard Harrison Cremeans v. Walt Chapleau, Warden, and Commonwealth of KentuckyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1995
- Bill Hugo Williams v. Donald E. Bordenkircher, Supt., Kentucky State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1983
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