Jones v. Thomas

Mar 20, 1964
Reporters:
,
Before:
Palmore
PALMORE, Judge.

This is a habeas corpus proceeding ‍‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌​‍in which the appellant, a prisoner in the Kentucky State Penitentiary, seeks to ‍‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌​‍set aside on constitutional grounds the judgment of conviction pursuant to which he ‍‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌​‍is imprisoned. In the absence of a showing that the remedy by ‍‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌​‍motion under RCr 11.42 is inadequate, his petition was properly dismissed. Ayers v. ‍‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌​‍Davis, Ky., 377 S.W.2d 154.

The judgment is affirmed.