MARTIN v. KASSULKE

No. 91-5788.

970 F.2d 1539 (1992)

Rita M. MARTIN, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Betty KASSULKE, Warden, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided July 29, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David R. Marshall (briefed), Lexington, Ky., for petitioner-appellee.

Rita M. Martin, pro se.

Joseph R. Johnson, Asst. Atty. Gen. (briefed), Chris Gorman, Atty. Gen., Frankfort, Ky., for respondent-appellant.

Before: BOGGS and NORRIS, Circuit Judges; and TIMBERS, Senior Circuit Judge.


BOGGS, Circuit Judge.

In October 1990, petitioner, who has been in prison since 1984 on charges of first-degree rape, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus on the grounds that the difference between the charges against her as outlined in the jury instructions and the charges in her indictment constituted an impermissible constructive amendment of the indictment and not merely a permissible variance. The district court granted the habeas petition on June 18...

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