Bill Hugo Williams v. Donald E. Bordenkircher, Supt., Kentucky State Penitentiary

KEITH, Circuit Judge.

Appellant appeals from a judgment dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The district court held that the state trial court did not err when it did not sua sponte hold an evidentiary hearing on Appellant’s competency to plead guilty to criminal charges.

Appellant was charged in the Laurel Circuit Court with two counts of malicious shooting and wounding with intent to kill. The charges stemmed from the shooting and wounding of two policemen in London, Kentucky. At the request of his mother and upon the recommendation of two psychiatrists, Appellant was…