Legal Opinion
Foster v. Kassulke
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 22, 1990No. Nos. 89-5838, 89-5839PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KENNEDY, Circuit Judge.
This appeal requires us to decide whether a federal district court may intervene in a criminal prosecution in a Kentucky state court where the state court procedures are allegedly violating appellant’s rights to a meaningful appeal of her death penalty convictions. Appellant was convicted in a Kentucky trial court on five murder counts for which she received five separate death sentences. She is presently prosecuting her direct appeal in the Kentucky Supreme Court. We hold that abstention from federal intervention in the Kentucky proceedings is required and therefore…
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